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MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
MediaTek Dimensity 900
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 38 %
MediaTek Dimensity 900
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
887
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
2,531
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
2,279
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
6,299
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
707
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
1,890
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
2,135
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
5,465
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
440,109 pts
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
947,502 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 900 (3)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A78 / Cortex-A55A16
Technology6 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
SuccessorApple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A78
2.40 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
4x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
GPU nameARM Mali-G68 MP4Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.85 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 6420 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology6 nm4 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
MemoryLPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB6 GB
Memory channels41
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
TDP10 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Apple A16 Bionic
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ2/2021Q3/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 900
MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

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MediaTek Dimensity 900
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