Dimensity 8400 vs A10 Fusion
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 8400 (Mali-G720 MP7) with the older 4-core Apple A10 Fusion (PowerVR GT7600) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8400
- Performs 9.3x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 358% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 16 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.8x) AnTuTu 11 score โ 1948K vs 516K
- Has 4 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~2x)
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the A10 Fusion
- 39% higher CPU clock speed (3250 vs 2340 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 623766 | 202669 |
| GPU | 596540 | 63274 |
| Memory | 331200 | 84317 |
| UX | 396922 | 166721 |
| Total score | 1948428 | 516981 |
| Samples | [313 tests] | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 248.7 MB/sec | 57.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 189.2 pages/sec | 38.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 189.3 Mpixels/sec | 44.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 111.1 images/sec | 14.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 166.2 Mpixels/sec | 56.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 19.8 images/sec | 4.38 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 58 images/sec | 13.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.1 Mpixels/sec | 1.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 45 tests | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 21.3 images/sec | 11 images/sec |
| Face detection | 11.1 images/sec | 9.32 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.52 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.71 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.66 Gpixels/sec | 0.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.15 Gpixels/sec | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 37.2 Gpixels/sec | 10.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 1703.3 FPS | 415.5 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 31 tests | 2 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1346 | - |
| Stability | 86% | - |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 5948 | - |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 25 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 20 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 693 |
| Stability | - | 85% |
| Graphics test | - | 4 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14034 | - |
| Video editing score | 6661 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 13175 | - |
| Photo editing score | 23584 | - |
| Writing score | 17637 | - |
| Phones tested | 5 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-10-06 (Mohammad Mamun) | AnTuTu 12 | 2125725 |
| ๐ 2026-10-05 (Muhamad Rosyid (indonesia)) | AnTuTu 12 | 2280224 |
| ๐ 2026-10-04 -> Timur55 | AnTuTu 11 | 1910022 |
| ๐ 2026-10-02 (LEADER OF DAWN) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1165 / 3044 |
| ๐ 2026-10-01 -> Mohammad.Sodaei | AnTuTu 12 | 2257137 |
Apple A10 Fusion
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-23 (TeknoPiri) | AnTuTu 11 | 497446 |
| ๐ 2025-08-15 (hellz1) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4352 |
| ๐ 2024-02-21 (Cap1bara_tech) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 882 / 1484 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 8400 and A10 FusionCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.25 GHz โ Cortex-A725 3x 3 GHz โ Cortex-A725 4x 2.1 GHz โ Cortex-A725 |
2x 2.34 GHz โ Hurricane 2x 1.05 GHz โ Zephyr |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 3250 MHz | 2340 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 3.3 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G720 MP7 | PowerVR GT7600 |
| Architecture | 5th gen | PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 7 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 896 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 2329.6 Gigaflops | 249.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | No |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s | 14.9 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2048 x 1536 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VC-1 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Qualcomm MDM9645M |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 5170 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | December 2024 | September 2016 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6899, MT6899Z | APL1W24 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 8400 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
Further details
Notes on Dimensity 8400:
- โDimensity 8400 Ultraโ is the same chip as โDimensity 8400โ but marketed for better thermals and sustained performance.
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