Apple A15 Bionic
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8400

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8400 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (September 2021 vs December 2024)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2021
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
Dimensity 8400
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz
15
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G720 MC7
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
12 MB
L2 Cache
3.5 MB
-
L3 cache
6 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +39%
Dimensity 8400
1684
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Dimensity 8400
6970 +21%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Dimensity 8400
1772345 +35%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3786
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6396
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
267
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
670
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3859
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1435