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
AnTuTu 9
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
L1 cache
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
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
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
-
