Apple A18 vs Dimensity 9400
Apple A18
87#4 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 50%
Pro-class CPU with one GPU core fewer; the best value Apple chip.
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Dimensity 9400 wins by 2 points
Dimensity 9400
Winner89#3 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 50%
Within a hair of the 8 Elite with a cooler-running GPU.
Overview
Key Differences
Apple A18
- ≈ estimated36% lower rated power: 7 W vs 11 W
- 20% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,350 vs 2,800
- ≈ estimated18 points higher Battery score: 100 vs 82
- ≈ estimated9% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 14.8 vs 13.6
- ≈ estimated7% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.4 vs 9.7
Dimensity 9400
- ≈ estimated63% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,600,000 vs 1,600,000
- 54% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 6,000 vs 3,900
- 34 points higher Gaming score: 97 vs 63
- 5% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 8,700 vs 8,300
Review
Dimensity 9400 scores 89 overall to Apple A18's 87: #3 against #4 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 leads on CPU by 8% (96 (estimated) vs 89 (estimated)) and Battery by 22% (100 (estimated) vs 82 (estimated)).
Dimensity 9400 leads on Gaming by 54% (97 vs 63).
Apple A18 is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 single-core by 20% (3,350 vs 2,800).
Dimensity 9400 is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in AnTuTu v10 by 63% (2,600,000 vs 1,600,000 (estimated)).
Apple A18 is rated at 7 W (estimated) against 11 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated96 +8%≈ estimated89App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming6397 +54%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated100 +22%≈ estimated82CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8789
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.4 +7%≈ estimated9.7
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.8 +9%≈ estimated13.6
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,600,0002,600,000 +63%
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,350 +20%2,800
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,3008,700 +5%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,9006,000 +54%
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 | Dimensity 9400 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (1× X925 + 3× X4 + 4× A720) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 3.62 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | — |
| L3 cache | — | 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 5 | — |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | — |
| GPU | — | Immortalis-G925 MC12 |
| NPU | — | NPU 890 |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | — |
| Max speed | — | 10667 MT/s |
| Max capacity | — | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 / Apple C1 (16e) | — |
| 5G | Sub-6 | Sub-6, 7 Gb/s |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| USB | 2, 480 Mb/s | — |
| Bluetooth | — | 6.0 |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 7 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 |