Mobile processor comparison

Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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

CPU A

Apple A18

6 cores 4050 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A18 GPU
Compared fields 38
Different values 28
Quick factual highlights
Apple A18
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A18MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz - Everest4x 2.42 GHz - Sawtooth 1x 3.63 GHz - Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A720
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 4050 MHz 3630 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Process technology 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP 9 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A18MediaTek Dimensity 9400
L2 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A18MediaTek Dimensity 9400
GPU Apple A18 GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 5th gen
GPU clock 1490 MHz 1612 MHz
Shaders 128 128
FLOPS 1907 Gigaflops 4952.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.3
OpenCL Not available 3.0
DirectX Not available 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890

Display and media

SpecificationApple A18MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Maximum display resolution Not available 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A18MediaTek Dimensity 9400
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A18MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Release September 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1V08 MT6991
Storage support NVMe UFS 4.0
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A18

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

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