MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Apple M3 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8400, vs Apple M3 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Apple M3 (iPad)
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 M3 (iPad)
1814284
CPU350248426842
GPU607362696454
Memory363103304514
UX312884386474
NanoReview Score16335971814284
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
File Compression262.5 MB/s459.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser190.4 pages/s266.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering213.4 MP/sec312.1 MP/sec
Background Blur20.7 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Photo Processing53.3 frames/s125.3 frames/s
Image Detection113.5 frames/s283.3 frames/s
HDR168.7 MP/sec419.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.99 MP/sec13.4 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 4050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 20 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 MP7 n/a
Architecture Valhall 5th gen n/a
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz n/a
Execution Units 7 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 896 n/a
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS n/a
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
GPU Frequency n/a 18 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 102.4 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 UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 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
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced December, 2024 yr October, 2023 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6899, MT6899Z n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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