MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2024 (November 2024 vs September 2022)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
November 2024
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
APL1W10
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
16 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
1x 48MP
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
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832
+11%
A16 Bionic
2562
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974
+79%
A16 Bionic
6685
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353
+148%
A16 Bionic
1421181
