MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple M4 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs Apple M4 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Apple M4 (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 9400
2561838
Apple M4 (iPad)
2797277
CPU596645763066
GPU11596241167582
Memory402762430483
UX402807436146
NanoReview Score25618382797277
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
Graphics Test70 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
File Compression348.3 MB/s577.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s341.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec367.5 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s57.2 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s422.4 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec506.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec17.7 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 9
Frequency 3630 4400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 14 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Apple M4 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple GPU
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 1598 MHz
Execution Units 12 10
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 1280
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 4090 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 38 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 Gbit/s 120 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 3840x2160 pixels 2064x2752 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
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X70
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 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr May, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA n/a

Results

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Survey

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