Dimensity 9200 vs A16 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9200 (Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 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 9200
- Performs 54% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 1755K vs 1626K
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~43%)
- 13% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3050 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 549345 | 432740 |
| GPU | 500902 | 490354 |
| Memory | 271291 | 216774 |
| UX | 433694 | 486140 |
| Total score | 1755232 | 1626008 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [36 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 | 204.3 MB/sec | 234.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 147 pages/sec | 155.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 170.8 Mpixels/sec | 157.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 127.6 images/sec | 149.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 153.7 Mpixels/sec | 202.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 16.9 images/sec | 25.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 44.2 images/sec | 76.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.32 Mpixels/sec | 6.74 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 3 tests | 24 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 15.8 images/sec | 39.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 7.83 images/sec | 50.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.47 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.57 Gpixels/sec | 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.58 Gpixels/sec | 1.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.13 Gpixels/sec | 0.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 20.6 Gpixels/sec | 70.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 2042.2 FPS | 2162.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 3 tests | 12 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1351 | - |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 5571 | 4266 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 22 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 3 | 19 FPS | 12 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 3565 | 3335 |
| Stability | 80% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 19 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15272 | - |
| Video editing score | 5353 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 13696 | - |
| Photo editing score | 15932 | - |
| Writing score | 18803 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-04-12 (Shigetora) | AnTuTu 11 | 1811839 |
| ๐ 2026-02-06 (Geoff Jan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1405303 |
| ๐ 2025-12-06 (Tuแบฅn Nguyแป n) | AnTuTu 11 | 1755232 |
| ๐ 2025-04-19 (ColorOS 15) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9624 |
| ๐ 2025-04-19 (ColorOS 15) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1732 / 4274 |
Apple A16 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-10-09 (Gurudev) | AnTuTu 11 | 1226584 |
| ๐ 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74) | AnTuTu 11 | 1477304 |
| ๐ 2026-09-21 (ะัะพะผะฝะฐั ะฑะพะผะฑะฐ) | AnTuTu 11 | 1772840 |
| ๐ 2026-09-19 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1714105 |
| ๐ 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603687 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9200 and A16 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.05 GHz โ Cortex-X3 3x 2.85 GHz โ Cortex-A715 4x 1.8 GHz โ Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.46 GHz โ Everest 4x 2.02 GHz โ Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3050 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 17 billion | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11 | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 4th gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 981 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 11 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1408 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2762.5 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 690 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 17 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 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
| Modem | MediaTek T800 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7900 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2022 | September 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6985 | APL1W10 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9200 official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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