Dimensity 9600 Pro vs A20 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP12) with the older 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 9600 Pro
- Performs 90% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 41%) AnTuTu 11 score – 4838K vs 3434K
- Has 2 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~11%)
- Supports 11% higher memory bandwidth (128 against 115.2 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 4550 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1388289 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1881401 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 488503 | 418755 |
| UX | 1079840 | 728894 |
| Total score | 4838033 | 3434654 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 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
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 4263 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 17850 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 9245 | 9024 |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Théo's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9600 Pro and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.55 GHz – C2-Ultra 3x 4.35 GHz – C2-Pro 3x 3.1 GHz – C2-Pro |
2x 4.93 GHz – 4x 2.64 GHz – |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4550 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 | 2 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP12 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1800 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 7 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 5529.6 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.2 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 1090 | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 128 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 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 - H.266 (VVC) - 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 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6995 | APL1Y01 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro official site | - |
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