MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2850 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L3 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
14 nm
TDP
6 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
2
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
860 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
6
6
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Shading units
—
32
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Apple M9
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 4700 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Mar 2022
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MT6895Z/TCZA
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
860,129
285,954
Geekbench 6
1,145
623
Geekbench 6
3,633
957
FP32 (float)
1,309
249
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.