Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 (iPad), vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 (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 M3 (iPad)
1814284
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU426842611291
GPU6964541316366
Memory304514508871
UX386474441848
NanoReview Score18142842878376
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression459.7 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser266.5 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering312.1 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur48.1 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing125.3 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection283.3 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR419.3 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13.4 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
- 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 4050 3730
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 20 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model n/a Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture n/a Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency n/a 1612 MHz
Execution Units n/a 12
Shader Units n/a 128
Total shader n/a 1536
FLOPS n/a 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 18 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 85.3 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 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 1x48 pixels 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
- AV1
- VP9
- 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 n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

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