Dimensity 9500 vs A20 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500 (Mali-G1 Ultra MP12) with the newer 6-core Apple A20 Pro (Apple A20 Pro 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 9500
- Performs 82% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~6%)
- Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3760K vs 3434K
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Supports 35% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 85.3 GB/s)
- 17% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 4210 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1048345 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1432351 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 476680 | 418755 |
| UX | 803286 | 728894 |
| Total score | 3760662 | 3434654 |
| Samples | [119 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 | 397.3 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 292.7 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 328.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 234.3 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 328.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 40.9 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 109.9 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 10.3 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 29 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 47.2 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 26.1 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.78 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 1.31 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 1.68 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 91.9 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 3324.6 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 14 tests | - |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3119 | 4263 |
| Stability | 57% | - |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 13319 | 17850 |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 55 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 52 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 43 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 9024 |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14375 | - |
| Video editing score | 5995 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 12159 | - |
| Photo editing score | 34571 | - |
| Writing score | 22695 | - |
| Phones tested | 4 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-29 -> StevenS | AnTuTu 12 | 3322691 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Pradip) | AnTuTu 12 | 3930709 |
| π 2026-09-27 (hi) | AnTuTu 12 | 3413066 |
| π 2026-09-26 (Ghoul) | AnTuTu 12 | 3633640 |
| π 2026-09-25 (7kxlz) | AnTuTu 12 | 3626063 |
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| π 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9500 and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 4.21 GHz β C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz β C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz β C1-Pro |
2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4210 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th gen | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1716 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 7 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 5271.5 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 100 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 3x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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 | - | Apple C2 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10700 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6993 | APL1Y01 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 official site | - |
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