Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
September 2021
July 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W07
MT6983Z
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3230 MHz
3200 MHz
Transistor count
15
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
933 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
1.7913 TFLOPS
Execution units
5
10
Shading units
128
96
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
12 MB
1 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
-
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
MediaTek APU 590
TDP
6 W
4 W
Advantages
Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
Dimensity 9000 Plus
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: July 2022 (September 2021 vs July 2022)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+41%
2333
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+27%
5741
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+8%
1302680
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1205207
FP32 (float)
Apple A15 Bionic
1661
Dimensity 9000 Plus
+11%
1845
SiliconCat Rating
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
26
Ranks 26 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9000 Plus
