Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A14 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
A14 Bionic
1073837
Dimensity 8400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A14 Bionic
2068
Dimensity 8400
1577

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A14 Bionic
4719
Dimensity 8400
6057

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.09 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.82 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
Lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 11800 million
TDP 6 Watt 7 Watt
Neural Processing NPU MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 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. 4 Mali-G720 MP7
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Mali Valhall
GPU frequency 1462 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution units 4 7
Shaders 256 896
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 3.0
Vulkan API 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 2960x1440
Max camera resolution 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 7.5 Gbps 5.17 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 4 2024 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W01 MT6899, MT6899Z
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end