Dimensity 9300 vs M2 (iPad)
We compared two 8-core processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9300 (with Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 graphics) and Apple M2 (iPad) (Apple M2 GPU). 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 9300
- Performs 39% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple M2 (iPad)
- Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (102.4 against 76.8 GB/s)
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (3490 vs 3250 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~8%)
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 2536K vs 2447K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 740213 | 841074 |
| GPU | 789881 | 801119 |
| Memory | 362038 | 371059 |
| UX | 555582 | 523068 |
| Total score | 2447714 | 2536320 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | Less than 3 |
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 | 299.9 MB/sec | 386.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 218.6 pages/sec | 238.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 258.4 Mpixels/sec | 269.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 162.1 images/sec | 236.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 219.5 Mpixels/sec | 334.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 27.4 images/sec | 42 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.9 images/sec | 106.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 8.03 Mpixels/sec | 10.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 9 tests | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 25.6 images/sec | 74.8 images/sec |
| Face detection | 12.2 images/sec | 93.3 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.67 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.81 Gpixels/sec | 1.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.86 Gpixels/sec | 2.31 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 29.3 Gpixels/sec | 129.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3109.3 FPS | 5024.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 5 tests | 3 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1814 | 2474 |
| Stability | 68% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 18 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 7667 | 8572 |
| Stability | 64% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 41 FPS |
| Section 2 | 30 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 23 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 4692 | 6808 |
| Stability | 59% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 28 FPS | 40 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11741 | - |
| Video editing score | 5651 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 12096 | - |
| Photo editing score | 28882 | - |
| Writing score | 22861 | - |
| Phones tested | 3 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-23 (Tรบ Lรช) | AnTuTu 12 | 2435544 |
| ๐ 2026-09-22 (memevjppro๐ญ) | AnTuTu 12 | 2609259 |
| ๐ 2026-09-09 (Mnich) | AnTuTu 12 | 2711576 |
| ๐ 2026-08-29 (Bhumit) | AnTuTu 11 | 2262755 |
| ๐ 2026-08-10 (Mnich.cz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2575927 |
Apple M2 (iPad)
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9300 and M2 (iPad)CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.25 GHz โ Cortex-X4 3x 2.85 GHz โ Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz โ Cortex-A720 |
4x 3.49 GHz โ Avalanche 4x 2.42 GHz โ Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3250 MHz | 3490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 22.7 billion | 20 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7 W | 20 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | Apple M2 GPU |
| Architecture | 5th gen | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 8 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops | 2863.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5T | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 8x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 102.4 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| 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 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | MediaTek T830 | - |
| 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 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2023 | June 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6989 | APL1109 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | - Apple M4 (iPad) |
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