Dimensity 9300 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9300 (Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12) with the older 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 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
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 73%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2447K vs 1413K
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 740213 | 410975 |
| GPU | 789881 | 370837 |
| Memory | 362038 | 164151 |
| UX | 555582 | 467312 |
| Total score | 2447714 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [69 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 | 299.9 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 218.6 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 258.4 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 162.1 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 219.5 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 27.4 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.9 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 8.03 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 9 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 25.6 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 12.2 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.67 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.81 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.86 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 29.3 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3109.3 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 5 tests | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1814 | - |
| Stability | 68% | - |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 7667 | 3765 |
| Stability | 64% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | 30 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 4692 | 2854 |
| Stability | 59% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 28 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11741 | - |
| Video editing score | 5651 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 12096 | - |
| Photo editing score | 28882 | - |
| Writing score | 22861 | - |
| Phones tested | 3 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 (TΓΊ LΓͺ) | AnTuTu 12 | 2435544 |
| π 2026-09-22 (memevjpproπ) | AnTuTu 12 | 2609259 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Mnich) | AnTuTu 12 | 2711576 |
| π 2026-08-29 (Bhumit) | AnTuTu 11 | 2262755 |
| π 2026-08-10 (Mnich.cz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2575927 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-14 (Makkar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1191717 |
| π 2026-10-12 -> HotPower | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2155 / 5548 |
| π 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2168 / 4988 |
| π 2026-09-23 -> HotPower | AnTuTu 11 | 1184759 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9300 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.25 GHz β Cortex-X4 3x 2.85 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3250 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 22.7 billion | 15 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | 5th gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5T | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - 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 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7900 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2023 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6989 | APL1W07 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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