Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest A14 Bionic vs Dimensity 9200 Plus SoCs, manufactured by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Dimensity 9200 Plus
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 8.06 % higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic ( 3350 vs 3100 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 300.05 % higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic ( 8533 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic ( 4 vs 5 nm).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 81.53 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic ( 1363 K vs 751 K).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic .
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus Support 100.29 % higher memory bandwidth than A14 Bionic ( 68.3 vs 34.1 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 203493 290704
GPU 284242 600560
Memory 131989 254170
UX 131211 217772
Total score 750935 1363206

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 77% 61%
Graphics test 50 FPS 75 FPS
Score 8375 12660

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A14 Bionic and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3100MHz 3350MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 11.8 billion 17 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A14 GPU Immortalis-G715 MC11
Architecture - Valhall 4
GPU frequency - -
Pipelines 4 11
Shading units - -
Total shaders - -
FLOPS 998 Gigaflops 4736 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.3
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine MediaTek APU 690

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 8533 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 68.3 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution - 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem - MediaTek T800
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2020 May 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W01 MT6985
Official page A14 Bionic official site Dimensity 9200 Plus official site