Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 8400
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 A18
1605038
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1633597
CPU431354350248
GPU598981607362
Memory208837363103
UX365876312884
NanoReview Score16050381633597
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
File Compression286.8 MB/s262.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s190.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec213.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s20.7 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s53.3 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s113.5 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec168.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec6.99 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 3250
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 6 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Mali-G720 MP7
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 5 7
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 640 896
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 3.2
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 880
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 4.0
Max. resolution n/a 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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

Modem Snapdragon X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr December, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V08 MT6899, MT6899Z

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 the clear winner in this comparison.

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