Mobile processor comparison

Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A14 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz - Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz - Icestorm 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz - Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz - Cortex-A725
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 3100 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 11.8 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 6 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency Not available 4266 MHz
Memory bus Not available 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 42.7 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 6 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
GPU Apple 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 Not available 2329.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.3
OpenCL Not available 3.2
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 880

Display and media

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
Maximum display resolution 2732 x 2048 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 A14 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
4G LTE Cat. 18 Not available
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 5170 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8400
Release September 2020 December 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W01 MT6899, MT6899Z
Storage support NVMe UFS 4.0
Devices in database 6 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A14 Bionic

eSIM
Apple iPad 2022 WiFi
Apple

Apple iPad 2022 WiFi

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G eSIM
Apple iPad 2022
Apple

Apple iPad 2022

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1284 × 2778 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 mini
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 mini

3.9
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12
Apple

Apple iPhone 12

3.1
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion

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