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MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A15 Bionic

Flagship

In Geekbench, the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 is 9% faster in single-core and 41% faster in multi-core. Where the Apple A15 Bionic does better: 2.7x larger L3 cache (32 MB vs 12 MB).

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A15 Bionic: key differences

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 leads

  • 12% higher peak CPU clock

    3.62 GHz vs 3.23 GHz

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.5-A

  • Smaller process node

    3 nm vs 5 nm

  • 2.9x more GPU compute power

    4952 GFLOPS vs 1712 GFLOPS

  • Newer RAM type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR4X

  • 2.5x faster RAM

    5333 MHz vs 2133 MHz

  • 41% faster in Geekbench multi-core

    7,704 vs 5,457

  • 9% faster in Geekbench single-core

    2,579 vs 2,372

Where the Apple A15 Bionic leads

  • 2.7x larger L3 cache

    32 MB vs 12 MB

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Dimensity 9400 27,27,422
Apple A15 Bionic 12,00,314

Geekbench Single-Core

+9% faster
Dimensity 9400 2,579
Apple A15 Bionic 2,372

Geekbench Multi-Core

+41% faster
Dimensity 9400 7,704
Apple A15 Bionic 5,457

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Dimensity 9400 Apple A15 Bionic

Overview

Launch Date
October 9, 2024
September 2021
Chipset Class
Flagship
Flagship
Manufacturer
MediaTek
Apple
Model Number
MT6991
APL1W07

CPU

Total Cores
8
6
Core Configuration
1x 3.62 GHz - Cortex X925
3x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance)
4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency)
Max Frequency
3620 MHz
3230 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.5-A
Process Node
3 nm
5 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 Cache
2 MB
12 MB
L3 Cache
12 MB
32 MB
TDP
-
6 W

GPU

GPU Name
Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU
Apple A15 GPU
GPU Frequency
1612 MHz
1338 MHz
Shading Units
1536
128
FLOPS
4952 GFLOPS
1712 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support
Yes
No
NPU
MediaTek NPU 890
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

Memory & Storage

RAM Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency
5333 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x16-bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
85.3 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
Max RAM Size
24 GB
6 GB
Storage Type
UFS 4.1
NVMe

Camera & Display

Camera Support
320 MP
12 MP
Video Capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution
4K
2732 x 2048
Video Playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AVC
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

Connectivity

Modem
-
Qualcomm Snapdragon X60
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
7 Gbps
7.5 Gbps
Upload Speed
3.5 Gbps
3.0 Gbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.0
Navigation
NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou

Links

Official page
Visit
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Benchmark results

Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.

Dimensity 9400 Apple A15 Bionic

AnTuTu v11

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Total
27,27,422
12,00,314
CPU
8,49,678
2,88,667
GPU
9,32,204
3,95,574
Memory
3,52,736
1,41,170
UX
5,92,804
3,74,903

Geekbench

Single-Core
2,579
2,372
Multi-Core
7,704
5,457

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+43 points
Dimensity 9400 90
Apple A15 Bionic 47

CPU Score

+25 points
Dimensity 9400 85
Apple A15 Bionic 60

GPU Score

+21 points
Dimensity 9400 86
Apple A15 Bionic 65

Memory Score

+42 points
Dimensity 9400 100
Apple A15 Bionic 58

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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