Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz - Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz - Cortex-A725
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 6 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency Not available 4266 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 68.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Mali-G720 MP7
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 5th gen
GPU clock Not available 1300 MHz
Execution units 4 Not available
Shaders Not available 896
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops 2329.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.1 3.2
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 880

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 Not available
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
4G LTE Cat. 18 Not available
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
Release September 2019 December 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available MT6899, MT6899Z
Storage support NVMe UFS 4.0
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

5G
Realme GT 7T
Realme

Realme GT 7T

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED, 120 Hz, 1280 × 2800 pixels (6.80 inch…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 7000 mAh
5G
Realme Neo7 SE
Realme

Realme Neo7 SE

3.6
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz (6.78 inches)
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7000 mAh
5G
Redmi Turbo 4
Redmi

Redmi Turbo 4

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 68.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6550 mAh