Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
CPU309916143783
GPU43210574983
Memory243964103023
UX313105124244
NanoReview Score1299090446033
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test56 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
803
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
2159
File Compression203.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur22.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing60.2 frames/sn/a
Image Detection130 frames/sn/a
HDR169.9 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3230 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 15 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz n/a
Execution Units 5 2
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 640 64
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Yes
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 3300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr February, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1W07 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A15 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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