Apple A11 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A11 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 8400. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A11 Bionic

407854

Dimensity 8400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A11 Bionic

1083

Dimensity 8400

1577

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A11 Bionic

2348

Dimensity 8400

6057

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon 4x 1.19 GHz – Mistral	1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	4300 million
TDP	8 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple M10	MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 3 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4266 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 1	Mali-G720 MP7
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1066 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	3	7
Shaders	192	896
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		3.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2436x1125	2960x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	5.17 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS