MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Apple A15 Bionic 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)
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2024 (November 2024 vs September 2021)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
November 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
APL1W07
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
12 MB
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
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832
+21%
A15 Bionic
2333
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974
+109%
A15 Bionic
5741
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353
+167%
A15 Bionic
1315838
