MediaTek Dimensity 9400e vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400e, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e and Apple A16 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 9400e
2093827
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU486666381160
GPU840527472052
Memory397851258668
UX368783329468
NanoReview Score20938271441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
n/a
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stabilityn/a79 %
Graphics Testn/a59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2233
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
7258
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression298.8 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser215.9 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering256.6 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur25.6 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing58.1 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection162.5 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR220 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.83 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3400 3460
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 22.7 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 12 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 640
FLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 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 790 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 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 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- 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

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7300 MB/s Up to 7500 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 May, 2025 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a APL1W10

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