Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2500MHz MediaTek Dimensity 6400 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A15 Bionic 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 17.07GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3230MHz vs 2500MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 6nm)
MediaTek Dimensity 6400 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+189%
1290037
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
CPU
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
3230 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
12 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
2 MB
5 nm
Process
6 nm
15
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
5
Execution units
-
128
Shading units
64
6
Max size
12
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17.07 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 3300 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed
-
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2021
Announced
Feb 2025
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1W07
Model number
-
