Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

Sep, 2025

CPU

Hexa Core

(4.05 GHz, Dual Core + 2.42 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(4.21 GHz, Single Core + 3.5 GHz, Tri core + 2.7 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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3,568,720

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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3,452/10,279

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Apple A18 1,764,170

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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CPU

449,863

1,026,478

GPU

712,145

1,388,119

Memory

231,053

391,828

371,109

762,295

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A18 3,278

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

MediaTek

Title

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

APL1V08

MT6993

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (4.05 GHz, Dual Core, Everest + 2.42 GHz, Quad core, Sawtooth)

Octa core (4.21 GHz, Single Core, C1 Ultra + 3.5 GHz, Tri core, C1 Premium + 2.7 GHz, Quad core, C1 Pro)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

8 MB

7 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

1536

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.4

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

NPU 990

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Display

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

180 Hz

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X71 5G

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 10700 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

5.3

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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