Apple A17 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
3780 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
19
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TDP
8 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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16 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
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1.4
OpenCL version
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3.0
DirectX version
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12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
85.3 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
100 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
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Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2023
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V02
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,544,984
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
2,953
3,781
Geekbench 6
7,441
12,189
FP32 (float)
2,147
5,376
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.