MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2024 (November 2024 vs June 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3500 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
November 2024
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
APL1109
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X53x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.4
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
-
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
-
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
15 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832 +8%
M2 iPad
2633
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974 +21%
M2 iPad
9898
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353 +59%
M2 iPad
2210856