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MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Apple A18

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 66 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 88 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz
2,234
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,384
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz
7,426
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,430
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
ARM Immortalis-G720 MC12
2,400
Apple A18
Apple A18 90 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
2,150
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz
33.0 TOPS
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
38.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 9300 (2)Apple A18 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-X4 / -A720Donan
Technology4 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorMediaTek Dimensity 9200+Apple A16 Bionic
SuccessorMediaTek Dimensity 9300+Apple A19

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Cortex-X4
3.25 GHz
2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Cortex-X4
2.85 GHz
4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A720
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
GPU nameARM Immortalis-G720 MC12Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency1.00 GHz0.39 - 1.68 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 20 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology4 nm3 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
AI hardwareMediatek APUApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsMediaTek APU 790 @ 33 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
MemoryLPDDR5X-9600 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB8 GB
Memory channels41
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
TDP12.5 W12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 9300Apple A18
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv9-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2023Q3/2024
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 9300
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz
Apple A18
Apple A18
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz

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MediaTek Dimensity 9300
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