Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Apple A14 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Apple A14 Bionic
GPU Mali-G720 MP7 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Valhall 5th gen Not available
GPU clock 1300 MHz Not available
Execution units Not available 4
Shaders 896 Not available
FLOPS 2329.6 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 Not available
OpenCL 3.2 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek NPU 880 Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Apple A14 Bionic
Maximum display resolution Not available 2732 x 2048
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Apple A14 Bionic
4G Not available LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

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

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

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