Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 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

A16 Bionic

1445875

Dimensity 9400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

2638

Dimensity 9400

2874

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

6817

Dimensity 9400

8969

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	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	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	4 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million
TDP	8 Watt	8.2 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	MediaTek NPU 890

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	5333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Mali-G925 MP12
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1398 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	2796x1290	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	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	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.3	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS