Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 1x 3.05 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 4 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
L1 cache 128 KB 1024 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 3.5 MB
L3 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Mali-G710
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 3
GPU clock 1125 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 32 10
Shaders 256 512
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 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, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 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 A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Release September 2018 November 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W81 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 A12 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

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