Mediatek Dimensity 7400 vs Apple A15 Bionic
Across 12 measured categories, the Apple A15 Bionic comes out ahead.
I put the Mediatek Dimensity 7400 and the Apple A15 Bionic side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Mediatek Dimensity 7400 runs the Mali-G615 MC2 while the Apple A15 Bionic runs the Apple A15 GPU. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.
Where each chip wins
Mediatek Dimensity 7400
3 advantages
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1 nm smaller semiconductor size
4 nm vs 5 nm
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Newer memory type
LPDDR5 vs LPDDR4X
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1,067 MHz higher RAM speed
3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz
Apple A15 Bionic
6 advantages
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23% higher AnTuTu score
12.00 Lakhs vs 9.74 Lakhs
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81% faster Geekbench multi-core score
5,457 vs 3,010
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120% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 1,077
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630 MHz higher CPU clock
3230 MHz vs 2600 MHz
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Newer CPU architecture
ARMv8.5-A vs ARMv8.2-A
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Higher GPU FLOPS
1712 GFLOPS vs 655.5 GFLOPS
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the Mediatek Dimensity 7400 and the Apple A15 Bionic compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | February 2025 | September 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Manufacturer | MediaTek | Apple |
| Model Number | MT6878 | APL1W07 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 4x 2.6GHz - Cortex A78 4x 2.0GHz - Cortex A55 |
2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
| Max Frequency | 2600 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC N4P | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | - | 32 MB |
| TDP | 4 W | 6 W |
| GPU Name | Mali-G615 MC2 | Apple A15 GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1300 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 655.5 GFLOPS | 1712 GFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | No | No |
| NPU | MediaTek NPU 655 | 16-core Apple Neural Engine |
| API Support | Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 | Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 2x 16-bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 34.1 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS3.1, UFS2.2 | NVMe |
| Camera Support | 200MP | 12 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Video Capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | Full HD+ | 2732 x 2048 |
| Video Playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP-9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 | AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Modem | MediaTek M80 5G | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 3.27 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | - | 3.0 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6E | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou |
| Official page | Visit | - |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 9,74,042 | 12,00,314 |
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| CPU | 3,49,042 | 2,88,667 |
| GPU | 1,46,939 | 3,95,574 |
| Memory | 2,74,872 | 1,41,170 |
| UX | 2,03,012 | 3,74,903 |
| Single-Core | 1,077 | 2,372 |
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| Multi-Core | 3,010 | 5,457 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
| Category | Mediatek Dimensity 7400 | Apple A15 Bionic |
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