Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A14 Bionic

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

Compared fields 39
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
  • 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 9400Apple A14 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.63 GHz - Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 3.1 GHz - Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz - Icestorm
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3630 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.5-A
Process technology 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors Not available 11.8 billion
TDP Not available 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A14 Bionic
L2 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 5333 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit Not available
Maximum bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 42.7 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A14 Bionic
GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Valhall 5th gen Not available
GPU clock 1612 MHz Not available
Execution units Not available 4
Shaders 128 Not available
FLOPS 4952.1 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 Not available
OpenCL 3.0 Not available
DirectX 12.1 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek NPU 890 Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A14 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP Not available
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 9400Apple A14 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A14 Bionic
Release October 2024 September 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6991 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 9400

5G
Oppo Find X8s
Oppo

Oppo Find X8s

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1216 × 2640…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5700 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X8 Pro
Oppo

Oppo Find X8 Pro

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2780…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 5910 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X8
Oppo

Oppo Find X8

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1256 × 2760…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5630 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