Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Apple A16 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A16 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.63 GHz - Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3630 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors Not available 16 billion
TDP Not available 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A16 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 5333 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A16 Bionic
GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units Not available 5
Shaders 128 128
FLOPS 4952.1 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 Not available
OpenCL 3.0 Not available
DirectX 12.1 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek NPU 890 Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
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 - VP8 - VP9 - 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 A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Apple A16 Bionic
Release October 2024 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6991 APL1W10
Storage support UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database Not available 4
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 A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh