MediaTek Dimensity 8400
vs
Apple A16 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs September 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3250 MHz vs 3460 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
December 2024
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8400
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3250 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MC7
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1400 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
6
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290

Connectivity

Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
8533 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

3.5 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
6 MB
L3 cache
-
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8400
1684
A16 Bionic
2562 +52%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8400
6970 +4%
A16 Bionic
6685
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8400
1772345 +25%
A16 Bionic
1421181