Apple M2 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Frequency
3490 MHz
3400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
5 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
20
22.7
TDP
15 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
8
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Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
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1.3
OpenCL version
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3.0
DirectX version
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12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
MediaTek NPU 790
Theoretical Performance
15.8 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution
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1x 320MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Jun 2022
May 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1109
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,188,966
2,159,260
Geekbench 6
2,623
2,233
Geekbench 6
9,803
7,258
FP32 (float)
2,918
3,993
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.