MediaTek Dimensity 9500s vs Apple A18

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500s achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,022,675 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500s the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

Apple A18

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Summary

Release Date

Jan, 2026

Sep, 2024

CPU

Octa core

(3.73 GHz, Single Core + 3.3 GHz, Tri core + 2.4 GHz, Quad core)

Hexa Core

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

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Immortalis-G925

Apple A18 GPU

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,022,675

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1,764,170

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Geekbench Score

2,673/8,483

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3,278/7,995

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 3,022,675

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Apple A18 1,764,170

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CPU

877,143

449,863

GPU

1,049,014

712,145

Memory

452,385

231,053

644,133

371,109

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 2,673

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Apple A18 3,278

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 8,483

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Apple A18 7,995

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Apple

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

Apple A18

Model No

MT6991Z

APL1V08

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

Hexa Core

CPU

Octa core (3.73 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X925 + 3.3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex X4 + 2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A720)

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

N/A

Process Node

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

2 MB

8 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB

N/A

GPU

Immortalis-G925

Apple A18 GPU

GPU Clock speed

1.612 GHz

1.49 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

1536

640

FLOPS

4952.1 Gigaflops

1907 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

N/A

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

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 On-Device Display Resolution

UHD @ 180 Hz

N/A

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, H.265, AV1, VP9

AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, 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 7300 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

5.4

5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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