Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Apple A9 MediaTek Dimensity 9400

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 3400MHz MediaTek Dimensity 9400 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple A9 Advantages

Lower TDP (5W vs 15W)

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Released 9 years and 2 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A9

285954

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 +1106%

3449366

Apple A9

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MediaTek Dimensity 9400

CPU

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

Architecture

1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730

1850 MHz

Frequency

3400 MHz

2

Cores

8

3 MB

L2 cache

-

0

L3 cache

24 MB

14 nm

Process

3 nm

2

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

15 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

PowerVR GT7600

GPU name

-

650 MHz

GPU frequency

1300 MHz

6

Execution units

-

32

Shading units

-

4

Max size

24

0.2496 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.1

Vulkan version

-

1.2

OpenCL version

-

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR5T

1333 MHz

Memory frequency

4800 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

14.9 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

76.8 Gbit/s

AI

Apple M9

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Apple M9

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 4.0

2048 x 1536

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Max camera resolution

1x 320MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

7

4.2

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Sep 2015

Announced

Nov 2024

Flagship

Class

Flagship

APL1022

Model number

-

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