Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 43
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 1x 3.05 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2390 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion Not available
TDP 8 W 4 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
L1 cache 64 KB 1024 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 3.5 MB
L3 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
GPU Apple GPU Mali-G710
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 3
GPU clock Not available 850 MHz
Execution units 3 10
Shaders Not available 512
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Release September 2017 November 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W72 MT6983
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A11 Bionic

4G
Apple iPhone X
Apple

Apple iPhone X

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1125 × 2436 pixels (5.80 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2675 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8
Apple

Apple iPhone 8

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 1821 mAh

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

5G
Lenovo Tab Extreme
Lenovo

Lenovo Tab Extreme

3.3
Tablet
Display
OLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1876 × 3000 pixels (…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 12300 mAh