MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Apple A18 Pro

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18 Pro's 1,774,620 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Apple A18 Pro

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

Sep, 2024

CPU

Octa core

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

Hexa Core

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

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Apple A18 Pro GPU

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,568,720

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1,774,620

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Geekbench Score

3,452/10,279

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3,317/8,115

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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Apple A18 Pro 1,774,620

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CPU

1,026,478

474,300

GPU

1,388,119

646,461

Memory

391,828

292,188

762,295

361,671

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Apple A18 Pro 3,317

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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Apple A18 Pro 8,115

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Apple

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Apple A18 Pro

Model No

MT6993

APL1V07

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

Hexa Core

CPU

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

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.3-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

L2 Cache

7 MB

16 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

N/A

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Apple A18 Pro GPU

GPU Clock speed

1.716 GHz

1.49 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

1536

768

FLOPS

5271.5 Gigaflops

2289 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

N/A

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

NPU 990

Neural Engine

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.333 GHz

3.75 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

85.3 Gb/s

60 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

8 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

NVMe

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

48 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Display

Max Refresh Rate

180 Hz

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Video Codecs

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

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X71 5G

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10700 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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