MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A18 Pro

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs Apple A18 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Apple A18 Pro
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 A18 Pro
1813449
CPU596645465726
GPU1159624721738
Memory402762250875
UX402807375110
NanoReview Score25618381813449
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
Graphics Test70 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
Apple A18 Pro
9089
File Compression348.3 MB/s300.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s193.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec215.2 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s39.2 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s90.3 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s322.7 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec294.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec9.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3630 4050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Apple A18 Pro GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 12 6
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 768
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 2289 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 Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 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 n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- 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

Modem n/a Snapdragon X75
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA APL1V07

Results

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Survey

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2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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