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Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300

A14 Bionic
VS
Dimensity 9300
A14 Bionic
Dimensity 9300

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced A14 Bionic vs Dimensity 9300 SoCs, designed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 6-core and 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 9300
  • Dimensity 9300 has 4.84 % higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic ( 3250 vs 3100 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 125.04 % higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic ( 4800 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic ( 4 vs 5 nm).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 173.67 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic ( 2055 K vs 751 K).
  • Dimensity 9300 has latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic .
  • Dimensity 9300 Support 125.22 % higher memory bandwidth than A14 Bionic ( 76.8 vs 34.1 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A14 Bionic
vs
Dimensity 9300

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
A14 Bionic
750935
Dimensity 9300 +61%
2055084
CPU 203493 485064
GPU 284242 899463
Memory 131989 357691
UX 131211 312866
Total score 750935 2055084

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% -
Graphics test 50 FPS 116 FPS
Score 8375 19522

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 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3100MHz 3250MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 8 MB -
L3 cache - 18 MB
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 11.8 billion 22.7 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple A14 GPU Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture - Valhall 5th gen
GPU frequency - 1300 MHz
Pipelines 4 12
Shading units - 192
Total shaders - 384
FLOPS 998 Gigaflops 5990.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.3
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine MediaTek APU 790

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDRLPDDR5T
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe 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 - -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2020 November 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W01 -
Official page A14 Bionic official site Dimensity 9300 official site