Apple A18 Pro vs Dimensity 9400
Apple A18 Pro
Winner91#2 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 34%
Fastest phone CPU cores; GPU trails Snapdragon in sustained gaming.
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Apple A18 Pro wins by 2 points
Dimensity 9400
89#3 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 50%
Within a hair of the 8 Elite with a cooler-running GPU.
Overview
Key Differences
Apple A18 Pro
- ≈ estimated27% lower rated power: 8 W vs 11 W
- 23% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,450 vs 2,800
- ≈ estimated13% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 15.3 vs 13.6
- ≈ estimated13 points higher Battery score: 95 vs 82
- ≈ estimated12% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.9 vs 9.7
Dimensity 9400
- ≈ estimated44% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,600,000 vs 1,800,000
- 30% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 6,000 vs 4,600
- 23 points higher Gaming score: 97 vs 74
- 1% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 8,700 vs 8,600
Review
Apple A18 Pro scores 91 overall to Dimensity 9400's 89: #2 against #3 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 Pro leads on CPU by 12% (100 (estimated) vs 89 (estimated)) and Battery by 16% (95 (estimated) vs 82 (estimated)).
Dimensity 9400 leads on Gaming by 31% (97 vs 74).
Apple A18 Pro is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 single-core by 23% (3,450 vs 2,800).
Dimensity 9400 is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in AnTuTu v10 by 44% (2,600,000 vs 1,800,000 (estimated)).
Apple A18 Pro is rated at 8 W (estimated) against 11 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated100 +12%≈ estimated89App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming7497 +31%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated95 +16%≈ estimated82CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall9189
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.9 +12%≈ estimated9.7
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated15.3 +13%≈ estimated13.6
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,800,0002,600,000 +44%
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,450 +23%2,800
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,6008,700 +1%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme4,6006,000 +30%
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Dimensity 9400 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (1× X925 + 3× X4 + 4× A720) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 Pro | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 3.62 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | — |
| L3 cache | — | 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 6 | — |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | — |
| GPU | — | Immortalis-G925 MC12 |
| NPU | — | NPU 890 |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | ~68 GB/s (est.) | — |
| Max speed | — | 10667 MT/s |
| Max capacity | — | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 (external) | — |
| 5G | Sub-6 + mmWave | Sub-6, 7 Gb/s |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| USB | 3, 10 Gb/s | — |
| Bluetooth | — | 6.0 |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 8 W (est.) | 11 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | TSMC N3E |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | September 2024 | October 2024 |
| Sold as | Part of a device | — |
| Storage | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
| ISP | — | Imagiq 1090 |