Dimensity 9400e vs Apple A19

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9400e (Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12) with the newer 6-core Apple A19 (Apple A19 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
  • Performs 93% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2518K vs 2156K
  • Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A19
  • 25% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 3400 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~25%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
2518801
2156126
CPU 750689 598735
GPU 837912 803562
Memory 344946 200566
UX 585254 553263
Total score 2518801 2156126
Samples [46 tests] [23 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Apple A19 +65%
3692
Multi-Core Score
Apple A19 +26%
9454
Asset compression 305.9 MB/sec 313.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 220.6 pages/sec 220.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.3 Mpixels/sec 210.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 163.9 images/sec 305.8 images/sec
HDR 222.6 Mpixels/sec 311.5 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 26.8 images/sec 39.9 images/sec
Photo processing 55.3 images/sec 102.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.83 Mpixels/sec 9.89 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 9 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Apple A19 +135%
37553
Background blur 28.2 images/sec 79.6 images/sec
Face detection 14.6 images/sec 90.4 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.68 Gpixels/sec 1.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 1.07 Gpixels/sec 1.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.84 Gpixels/sec 3.16 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 30.1 Gpixels/sec 90.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3105.4 FPS 3104.2 FPS
API Vulkan Metal
Samples 4 tests 10 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple A19 +12%
2147
Score 1916 2147
Stability 59% 72%
Graphics test 14 FPS 16 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple A19 +18%
9465
Score 8016 9465
Graphics test 30 FPS 36 FPS
Section 1 33 FPS 40 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 36 FPS
Section 3 27 FPS 31 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17404 -
Video editing score 6537 -
Data manipulation score 16007 -
Photo editing score 26787 -
Writing score 23124 -
Phones tested 3 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Iles)AnTuTu 112563619
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (montyy)AnTuTu 112483073
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 -> Regenis0CPU Throttle76%
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 -> Regenis0AnTuTu 112456694
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (JP)AnTuTu 112518801
Apple A19
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Shovandeep)AnTuTu 111837059
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (kpvas)AnTuTu 112134388
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn)AnTuTu 112243285
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (Aarav)AnTuTu 111776737
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-06 (yuki)AnTuTu 112352837

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9400e and Apple A19

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 4.26 GHz –
4x 2.6 GHz –
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3400 MHz 4260 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache - 192 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count 22.7 billion -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Apple A19 GPU
Architecture 5th gen Apple A GPU
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1620 MHz
Pipelines 12 5
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1536 640
FLOPS 3993.6 Gigaflops 2073.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 3.0 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 790 Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 -
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Snapdragon X80
4G support - LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7300 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2025 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - APL1V13
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 9400e official site -

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