Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 3730MHz MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (4.9521 TFLOPS vs 1.7894 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (85.3GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3730MHz vs 3460MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Released 2 years and 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
1441069
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
+99%
2878376
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
+11%
2927
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
+31%
9000
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1789
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
+176%
4952
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3460 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
16 MB
L2 cache
12 MB
4 nm
Process
3 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
5
Execution units
-
128
Shading units
128
6
Max size
24
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
4.9521 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
85.3 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 890
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
6
Wi-Fi
7
5.3
Bluetooth
6.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Apr 2025
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA
