Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus vs Apple A18

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

CPU B

Apple A18

6 cores 4050 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A18 GPU
Compared fields 41
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
  • More CPU cores
Apple A18
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000 PlusApple A18
Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A774x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 4.05 GHz - Everest4x 2.42 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2600 MHz 4050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP 10 W 9 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000 PlusApple A18
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
L3 cache 0.512 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 29.87 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000 PlusApple A18
GPU Mali-G77 MC9 Apple A18 GPU
GPU architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 850 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution units 9 Not available
Shaders 144 128
FLOPS Not available 1907 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek APU 3.0 Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000 PlusApple A18
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 Not available
Maximum camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000 PlusApple A18
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 316 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000 PlusApple A18
Release May 2020 September 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6889Z/CZA APL1V08
Storage support UFS 2.2 NVMe
Devices in database 7 Not available