Apple A17 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro 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

A17 Pro

1568389

Dimensity 8400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Dimensity 8400

1577

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Dimensity 8400

6057

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	4266 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Mali-G720 MP7
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	6	7
Shaders	768	896
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		3.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2960x1440
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@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	5.17 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS