MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Apple A11 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8400, vs Apple A11 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Apple A11 Bionic
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
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1633597
Apple A11 Bionic
486501
CPU350248169816
GPU607362123983
Memory363103100789
UX31288491913
NanoReview Score1633597486501
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
n/a
Apple A11 Bionic
3432
Stabilityn/a71 %
Graphics Testn/a20 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Apple A11 Bionic
1087
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
Apple A11 Bionic
2346
File Compression262.5 MB/s104 MB/s
HTML5 Browser190.4 pages/s53.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering213.4 MP/sec50.2 MP/sec
Background Blur20.7 frames/s9.18 frames/s
Photo Processing53.3 frames/s30.7 frames/s
Image Detection113.5 frames/s15.5 frames/s
HDR168.7 MP/sec83.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.99 MP/sec3.19 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 2/2.39 (Monsoon)
- 4/1.42 (Mistral)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3250 2390
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 4.3 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 MP7 Apple A11 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1066 MHz
Execution Units 7 3
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 896 192
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS 409.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.2 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 880 Apple Neural Engine

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2436x1125 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 12
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced December, 2024 yr September, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6899, MT6899Z APL1W72

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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