Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
1850 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
L3 cache
0
16 MB
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
32
128
Vulkan version
1.1
1.4
OpenCL version
1.2
3.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
85.3 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
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Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
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AI
NPU
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MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
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100 TOPS
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
623
3,781
Geekbench 6
957
12,189
FP32 (float)
249
5,376
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.