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83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro

91

Points
MediaTek Dimensity 9400

Dimensity 9400
Overview - A17 Pro Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A17 Pro vs Dimensity 9400 SoCs by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A17 Pro 78
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A17 Pro 82
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A17 Pro 89
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A17 Pro 83
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A17 Pro Dimensity 9400
CPU 399992 600293
GPU 620081 1194784
Memory 265579 408283
UX 346005 443652
Total score 1631657 2647012
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 4.13% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9400 (3780 vs 3630 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 15.31% higher GPU clock speed than A17 Pro (1612 vs 1398 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 66.66% higher memory frequency than A17 Pro (5333 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 62.23% better AnTuTu 9 score than A17 Pro (2,647 K vs 1,632 K ).
  • Dimensity 9400 has latest instruction set, hence better than A17 Pro.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A17 Pro 2999
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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A17 Pro 7779
Dimensity 9400 8972

3DMark

51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
96%
Dimensity 9400
Stability 18674%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
     1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
    3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 19 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A17 GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units 128 192
  • FLOPS 2147.2 Gigaflops 7428 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 3.2
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support - LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A17 Pro

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

MediaTek Dimensity 9400
CPU
91%
GPU
94%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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