Apple M1 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
3200 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
192 KB
1024 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
16
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TDP
14 W
4 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
933 MHz
Execution units
8
10
Shading units
128
96
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
—
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
MediaTek APU 590
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
—
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Jul 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
MT6983Z
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
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Geekbench 6
2,304
1,654
Geekbench 6
8,422
4,517
FP32 (float)
2,617
1,791
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.