MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Apple A14 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 9400
2561838
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU596645310050
GPU1159624323143
Memory402762173777
UX402807288345
NanoReview Score25618381095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Test70 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression348.3 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3630 3100
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 12 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 1536 256
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 890 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 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 3840x2160 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

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

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA APL1W01

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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