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Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500M

Apple A16 Bionic
56.2Inno Score
VS
MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
—Inno Score
56.8CPU78.9
43.7GPU—
61.5Benchmarks83.8
52.7AIspec-based—
71.4Efficiencyspec-based84
0 spec wins — Apple A16 Bionic4 spec wins — MediaTek Dimensity 9500M

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: MediaTek Dimensity 9500M lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A16 Bionic

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the MediaTek Dimensity 9500M

  • Stronger CPU score: 79 vs 57
  • Stronger benchmarks score: 84 vs 62
  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
  • 25% lower process: 3 nm vs 4 nm
  • 22% higher Max clock: 4.21 GHz vs 3.46 GHz

General

General comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
Announced20222026
Process4 nm3 nm+25%
TDP (typical)7 W—
ArchitectureArmv8.6ARMv9.3-A

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x3.46 GHz + 4x2.02 GHz1x C1-Ultra + 3x C1-Premium + 4x C1-Pro
Max clock3.46 GHz4.21 GHz+22%

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
GPUApple GPU (5-core)Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC11

AI

AI comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
NPU16-core Neural Engine—
AI performance17 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
Memory typeLPDDR5-6400LPDDR5X
Max bandwidth51.2 GB/s—

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
ModemExternal (Snapdragon X65)—
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth—6.0

Media

Media comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
Video capture4K@60fps—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A16 Bionic versus MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
SpecApple A16 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 9500M
AnTuTuDifferent AnTuTu versions — not compared1,300,0003,157,641Top 8%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)—890,270Top 11%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)—1,121,441Top 8%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)—431,821Top 3%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)—714,109Top 6%
Geekbench 6 (single)2,620Top 13%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)6,570Top 17%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,100Top 38%—

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