Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A16 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
September 2022
November 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W10
Dimensity 9300
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores
6
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3460 MHz
3250 MHz
Transistor count
16
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Mali Immortalis-G720 MC12
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1300 MHz
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
5.9904 TFLOPS
Execution units
5
-
Shading units
128
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
-
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5T
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
9600 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
16 MB
3.5
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
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4 + MCQ
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
MediaTek NPU 790 (Generative AI)
TDP
8 W
-
Advantages
Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
Dimensity 9300
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 76.8 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (September 2022 vs November 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+15%
2562
Dimensity 9300
2225
Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
6685
Dimensity 9300
+18%
7857
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
1406969
Dimensity 9300
+50%
2109832
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1770
Dimensity 9300
+242%
6049
SiliconCat Rating
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
13
Ranks 13 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9300
