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85

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Apple A18

Apple A18

91

Points
MediaTek Dimensity 9400

Dimensity 9400
Overview - Apple A18 Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Apple A18 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
Apple A18 82
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Apple A18 84
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Apple A18 89
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Apple A18 85
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Apple A18 Dimensity 9400
CPU 421143 600293
GPU 615010 1194784
Memory 178670 408283
UX 345874 443652
Total score 1560697 2647012
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 11.29% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9400 (4040 vs 3630 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 15.31% higher GPU clock speed than Apple A18 (1612 vs 1398 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 42.21% higher memory frequency than Apple A18 (5333 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 69.60% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 (2,647 K vs 1,561 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Apple A18 3322
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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Apple A18 7602
Dimensity 9400 8972

3DMark

0%
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
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

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
     1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
    3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A18 GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units 128 192
  • FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops 7428 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 3.2
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - -
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X 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 48MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 24FPS, 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X75 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A18

Apple A18
CPU
82%
GPU
84%
Memory
44%
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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