Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 9400. 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

A15 Bionic

1279854

Dimensity 9400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

2316

Dimensity 9400

2874

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

5719

Dimensity 9400

8969

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard	1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	15000 million
TDP	6 Watt	8.2 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	MediaTek NPU 890

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	5333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 5	Mali-G925 MP12
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1338 MHz	1612 MHz
Execution units	5	12
Shaders	640	1536
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL API		3.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS