Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A16 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 2022
July 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W10
MT6983Z
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3460 MHz
3200 MHz
Transistor count
16
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
933 MHz
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.7894 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
5.3
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
3750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
16 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 48MP
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
8 W
4 W
Advantages
Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2022 vs July 2022)
Dimensity 9000 Plus
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+55%
2562
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+48%
6685
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+17%
1406969
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1205207
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1770
Dimensity 9000 Plus
+4%
1845
SiliconCat Rating
10
Ranks 10 among all SOC on our website
26
Ranks 26 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9000 Plus
