Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 4,214,275 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

Sep, 2026

CPU

Hexa Core

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

Octa core

(4.55 GHz, Dual Core + 4.35 GHz, Tri core + 3.1 GHz, Tri core)

Process Node

3 nm

2 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR6

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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4,214,275

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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3,174/10,328

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Phones Powered by These SoCs

Apple iPhone 16E (iPhone SE 4)

OPPO Find X10 Pro Max

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 9600 Pro 4,214,275

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CPU

449,863

1,195,854

GPU

712,145

1,713,804

Memory

231,053

518,133

371,109

786,484

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 9600 Pro 3,174

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 10,328

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

MediaTek

Title

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Model No

APL1V08

N/A

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 (4.55 GHz, Dual Core, C2 Ultra + 4.35 GHz, Tri core, C2 Pro + 3.1 GHz, Tri core, C2 Pro)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

2 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

8 MB

2 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.8 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

1536

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

5529.6 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.4

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR6

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

4x24 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

128 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 5.0

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	UHD @ 240 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A	QHD+ @ 180 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

180 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

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.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, 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

N/A

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

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

Bluetooth Version

5.3

6.2

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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