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)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)

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-X5 3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 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
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s

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