Quick/Comparisons
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500's Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 graphics and 98 score make it the clear winner in gaming performance, outpacing the Apple A13 Bionic's 36 score.
Both the Apple A13 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 offer excellent battery life, with the Dimensity 9500 edging out the A13 Bionic by just 5 points, making them essentially tied in this category.
Although the actual AI performance scores are not provided, the Apple A13 Bionic's dedicated NPU for AI workloads gives it an advantage in this category.
54 | CPU Performance | 96 |
36 | Gaming Performance | 98 |
88 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 7 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 6 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Apple A13 GPU | GPU Model | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| Apple Neural Engine | NPU Performance | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| 1091336 | Apple A19 | 3508681 |
| 296635 | CPU | 1098383 |
| 309246 | GPU | 1275843 |
| 139352 | Memory | 378116 |
| 346103 | UX | 756339 |
| 1091336 | Total score | 3508681 |
| 1754 | Single-Core Score | 3366 |
| 4189 | Multi-Core Score | 10603 |
| 146.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 397.3 MB/sec |
| 90.1 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 292.7 pages/sec |
| 103.5 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 328.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 85.1 images/sec | Image detection | 234.3 images/sec |
| 130.3 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 328.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 13.9 images/sec | Background blur | 40.9 images/sec |
| 38.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 109.9 images/sec |
| 4.69 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 10.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 10 tests | Samples | 10 tests |
| 13772 | Compute Score (GPU) | 25501 |
| 20.3 images/sec | Background blur | 47.2 images/sec |
| 25.6 images/sec | Face detection | 26.1 images/sec |
| 0.44 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.78 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.68 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1.31 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.77 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 1.68 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.19 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.31 Gpixels/sec |
| 45.7 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 91.9 Gpixels/sec |
| 1367.9 FPS | Particle physics | 3324.6 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 7 tests | Samples | 7 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 3119 |
| 2565 | Score | 3119 |
| 74% | Stability | 52% |
| 10 FPS | Graphics test | 23 FPS |
| 2565 | 3DMark Solar Bay | 13308 |
| 2001 | Score | 13308 |
| 11 FPS | Graphics test | 51 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 57 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 51 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 45 FPS |
| 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder | Architecture | 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 2650 MHz | Frequency | 4210 MHz |
| ARMv8.4-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A |
| 128 KB | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| 8 MB | L2 cache | 2 MB |
| 7 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR4X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 2133 MHz | Memory frequency | 5333 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 34.1 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| — | Modem | — |
| LTE Cat. 18 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| No | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 1200 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 10700 Mbps |
| Up to 350 Mbps | Upload speed | — |
| 6 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 5 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| — | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
| Apple Neural Engine | Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| September 2019 | Announced | September 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| — | Model number | MT6993 |
| Apple A13 GPU | GPU name | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| Apple Bionic GPU | Architecture | Valhall 5th gen |
| 1230 MHz | GPU frequency | 1716 MHz |
| 4 | Pipelines | 12 |
| 64 | Shading units | 128 |
| 256 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 629.8 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 5271.5 Gigaflops |