Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A16 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3250 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 22.7 billion 16 billion
TDP Not available 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A16 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 18 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5T LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A16 Bionic
GPU Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Not available Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units 12 5
Shaders 192 128
FLOPS 5990.4 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek APU 790 Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7900 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A16 Bionic
Release November 2023 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6989 APL1W10
Storage support UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database 3 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

5G
Oppo Find X7 PHZ110
Oppo

Oppo Find X7 PHZ110

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2780 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo X100 Pro
Vivo

Vivo X100 Pro

2.9
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2800…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo X100
Vivo

Vivo X100

2.9
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2800…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Realme 14x 5G
Realme

Realme 14x 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1604 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6000 mAh

Apple A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh