Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
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 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU431354611291
GPU5989811316366
Memory208837508871
UX365876441848
NanoReview Score16050382878376
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression286.8 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 3730
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution Units 5 12
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 640 1536
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 3.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 85.3 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
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V08 MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

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