A20 Pro vs Dimensity 9600 Pro
Two 2nm flagships from September 2026
Overview
A20 Pro
Process: 2nm
Announced: Sep 2026
Dimensity 9600 Pro
Process: 2nm
Announced: Sep 2026
Benchmarks
No retail phone with the Dimensity 9600 Pro has been lab-tested yet, so there are no scores to compare. They will appear here once one has.
At A Glance | ||
| Specification | A20 Pro  | D9600 Pro  |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Apple | MediaTek |
| Announced | Sep 2026 | Sep 2026Sep 15, 2026 |
| Process node | 2nmTSMC N2 | 2nmTSMC N2P |
| Found in | iPhone 18 ProiPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone Duo | vivo X500 Provivo X500 Pro Max, OPPO Find X10 Pro Max |
CPU | ||
| Layout | 2 super + 4 efficiency | 2 + 3 + 3All big core |
| Cores | 2x super core4x efficiency core | 2x C2-Ultra6x C2-Pro |
| Peak clock | 4.93GHzEfficiency cores at 2.64GHz | 4.55GHz3x C2-Pro at 4.35GHz, 3x C2-Pro at 3.1GHz |
| L3 cache | NoneShared system level cache instead | 16MB |
GPU and gaming | ||
| GPU | 7-core GPUNeural Accelerators in each core | Mali-G2 Ultra NX |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | HardwareOMM and ray tracing pipeline |
| Graphics APIs | Metal 4 | VulkanWith machine learning extensions |
AI and NPU | ||
| NPU | Dual 16-core Neural Engine32 cores in total | NPU 1090Plus Super Efficient NPU 2.0 |
Memory and storage | ||
| Memory | LPDDR5X96-bit bus | LPDDR6LPDDR5X also supported |
| Storage | NVMeApple storage controller, not UFS | UFS 5.0 |
Camera and ISP | ||
| ISP | Apple ISP | Imagiq 1290AI Imaging Fusion Architecture |
| Max sensor | 48MPFusion Main, Ultra Wide and Telephoto, iPhone 18 Pro | 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120fpsDolby Vision, Fusion Main camera | 8K at 60fps4K at 120fps with EIS |
| Slow motion | 4K at 120fpsDolby Vision; 1080p at 240fps | 4K at 240fps |
Display and video | ||
| On-device display | 2670 x 1878 at 120HziPhone Duo inner display; 2868 x 1320 on iPhone 18 Pro Max | WQHD+ at 180HzTri-port MIPI for tri-fold displays |
| Video decode | AV1, HEVC, H.264Plus ProRes | H.266, AV1, H.265, VP9H.264; 8K at 60fps, 10-bit |
Cellular | ||
| Modem | Separate chipApple C2 in iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo; Snapdragon X80 in US iPhone 18 Pro Max | Integrated 5GSub-6GHz, 5CC carrier aggregation |
| mmWave | SupportedUS models of iPhone 18 Pro | Not supportedSub-6GHz (FR1) only |
Wi-Fi and connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7Apple N1, separate chip in iPhone 18 Pro | Wi-Fi 7Triple band triple concurrency |
| Bluetooth | 6.0Apple N1, separate chip in iPhone 18 Pro | 6.2Dual Bluetooth engine |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavICDual-frequency GPS, iPhone 18 Pro | GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavICMulti-band, L1 and L5 |
Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-10-20