Dimensity 9300 Plus vs A18 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus (Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12) with the newer 6-core Apple A18 Pro (Apple A18 Pro GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
- Performs 74% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 28% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 60 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 32%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2348K vs 1782K
Pros of Apple A18 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- 19% higher CPU clock speed (4050 vs 3400 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 703826 | 521852 |
| GPU | 790915 | 562674 |
| Memory | 326393 | 187942 |
| UX | 527114 | 509731 |
| Total score | 2348248 | 1782199 |
| Samples | [94 tests] | [15 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 300.2 MB/sec | 299.9 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 204.3 pages/sec | 191.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 254.8 Mpixels/sec | 196.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 161.7 images/sec | 319.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 239.3 Mpixels/sec | 289.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 25.8 images/sec | 37.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 69 images/sec | 91 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.77 Mpixels/sec | 9.03 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 38 tests | 14 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 26.8 images/sec | 62.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 12 images/sec | 78.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.69 Gpixels/sec | 0.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.81 Gpixels/sec | 1.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 30.5 Gpixels/sec | 100 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3146.5 FPS | 3659.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 26 tests | 7 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1831 | 1732 |
| Stability | 91% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 13 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 7559 | 7585 |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 24 FPS | 21 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 5071 | - |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12141 | - |
| Video editing score | 5576 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 12937 | - |
| Photo editing score | 29738 | - |
| Writing score | 22352 | - |
| Phones tested | 11 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-07 (wrongalik) | AnTuTu 12 | 2479097 |
| π 2026-09-25 (Purushotam Prajapat) | AnTuTu 12 | 2403705 |
| π 2026-09-24 -> NFS6410 | AnTuTu 12 | 2626976 |
| π 2026-09-24 (ThΓ nh) | AnTuTu 12 | 2400294 |
| π 2026-09-17 (NK808) | AnTuTu 12 | 2667628 |
Apple A18 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| π 2026-09-23 -> Rappzzzz | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| π 2026-09-20 (thuanday) | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| π 2026-09-17 (Jonibek) | AnTuTu 11 | 1692383 |
| π 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9300 Plus and A18 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.4 GHz β Cortex-X4 3x 2.85 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
2x 4.05 GHz β Everest 4x 2.42 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3400 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 22.7 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7.3 W | 10 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | 5th gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops | 2289 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5T | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 60 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | MediaTek T830 | Snapdragon X71 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7900 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | May 2024 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6989, MT6989W/TCZA | APL1V07 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus | - Apple A19 Pro |
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