Dimensity 9500M vs A18 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500M (Mali-G1 Ultra MP11) with the older 6-core Apple A18 Pro (Apple A18 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 9500M
- Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3579K vs 1782K
- Supports 42% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 60 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 983039 | 521852 |
| GPU | 1327484 | 562674 |
| Memory | 460333 | 187942 |
| UX | 809096 | 509731 |
| Total score | 3579952 | 1782199 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [15 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 | - | 299.9 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 191.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 196.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 319.6 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 289.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 37.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 91 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 9.03 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 14 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 62.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 78.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 1.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 1.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 100 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 3659.7 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | - | 7 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 1732 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 7585 |
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 21 FPS |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
No benchmark results yet
Apple A18 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-17 (Jonibek) | AnTuTu | 1692383 |
| π 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu | 1500141 |
| π 2026-07-21 (l1tsemerr) | AnTuTu | 1650968 |
| π 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu | 1782199 |
| π 2026-06-04 (Rain) | GeekBench CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9500M and A18 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 4.21 GHz β C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz β C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz β C1-Pro |
2x 4.05 GHz β Everest 4x 2.42 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4210 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 10 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G1 Ultra MP11 | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1716 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Pipelines | 11 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1408 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 4832.2 Gigaflops | 2289 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 100 TOPS | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 60 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 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 | - | Snapdragon X71 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10700 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | August 2026 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1V07 |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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