Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M3 (iPad) (97/100)

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus (89/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

89/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 89.0 Very Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 90.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Graphics test 20 FPS 18 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 45 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 36 FPS
Stability 70% 77%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 50 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
CPU 782907 869347
GPU 1029236 1015558
Memory 305749 357663
Total score 2777287 2874956
UX 659395 632388

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 9 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7300 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 359.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 33.2 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 28.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 1.5 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 267.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 252.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 223.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 300.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3826.1 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 9.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 72.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 4952.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1612 MHz
Pipelines 9 12
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Announced October 2023 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — MT6991, MT6991Z/TCZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
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PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Data manipulation score — 14039
Phones tested — 10 models
Photo editing score — 40750
Video editing score — 7385
Web score — 12340
Writing score — 27541

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
1.Oppo Find X8s Plus — 3107273
2.Oppo Find X8s — 3001855
3.OnePlus Ace 5 Ultra — 2948304
4.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus — 2941787
5.Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra — 2926668
6.Realme GT 7 (China) — 2835794
7.Vivo X200s — 2830117
8.Xiaomi 15T Pro — 2788439
9.Vivo X200T — 2725989
Phones with Dimensity 9400 Plus — AnTuTu v11

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