Dimensity 9000 Plus vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus (Mali-G710 MP10) with the older 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
- Supports 76% higher memory bandwidth (60 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Shows slightly better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1540K vs 1413K
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~41%)
- Performs 41% better in floating-point computations
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 600873 | 410975 |
| GPU | 274706 | 370837 |
| Memory | 249021 | 164151 |
| UX | 415640 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1540240 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [69 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 217.8 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 151 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 184.2 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 127.5 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 161.9 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 18.5 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 47.7 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.54 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 4 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | - | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 861 | - |
| Stability | 87% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 3765 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 2642 | 2854 |
| Stability | 90% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 15 FPS | 17 FPS |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-13 (S M I) | AnTuTu 11 | 1573809 |
| π 2026-03-29 (iPhantom_67) | AnTuTu 11 | 1540240 |
| π 2025-12-18 (S M I) | AnTuTu 11 | 1453683 |
| π 2025-12-14 (WAR_DADDY) | AnTuTu 11 | 1443683 |
| π 2024-12-23 (S M I) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1967 / 5401 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-18 (erdem012) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2346 / 5866 |
| π 2026-10-16 (Ultrmegkt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1367210 |
| π 2026-10-14 (Makkar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1191717 |
| π 2026-10-12 -> HotPower | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2155 / 5548 |
| π 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9000 Plus and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz β Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz β Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MP10 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 3rd gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10 | 5 |
| Shading units | 64 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 640 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1216 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 590 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3200 x 1440 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7000 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6983Z | APL1W07 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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