Apple M1 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 (iPad), vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 (iPad) 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 M1 (iPad)
1795997
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU479517611291
GPU7776781316366
Memory194372508871
UX334430441848
NanoReview Score17959972878376
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M1 (iPad)
17076
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
n/a
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test102 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
2304
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
8422
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression326.3 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser176 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering224.2 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur31.9 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing70 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection192 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR283 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.65 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
- 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 3730
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 16 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 14 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M1 GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution Units 8 12
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 2617 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 Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.25 Gbit/s 85.3 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 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 2732x2048 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2020 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1102 MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

Results

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