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Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 88 %
Apple A12 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 64 %
Apple A12 Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
1,116
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz
1,270
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
2,731
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz
4,335
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12
576
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
ARM Mali-G710 MP10
1

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 (2)
ArchitectureA12Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
Technology7 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A11 Bionic
SuccessorApple A13 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Vortex
2.49 GHz
1x Cortex-X2
3.05 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
3x Cortex-A710
2.85 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A510
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
GPU nameApple A12ARM Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 25610 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm4 nm
Release dateQ3/2018Q2/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB16 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
TDP6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9000
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz

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