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Apple A9X vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Apple A9X
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 27 %
Apple A9X
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 53 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
763
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
1,442
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 27 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
1,251
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
4,679

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1)
ArchitectureA9Cortex-A715 / -A510
Technology16 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8X
SuccessorApple A10X Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
2.26 GHz
1x Cortex-A715
3.35 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Cortex-A715
3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A510
2.20 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
GPU nameApple A9XARM Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency0.65 GHz1.40 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader48 / 3846 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm4 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
AI hardwareMediatek APU
AI specificationsAPU 780
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
TDP8 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A9XMediaTek Dimensity 8300
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A9X
Apple A9X
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz

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