Apple M3 (8-GPU) MediaTek Dimensity 9400
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Rank 2 - 92 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Rank 2 - 76 %
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8C / 8T · 3.62 GHz
2,876
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
11,863
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8C / 8T · 3.62 GHz
8,987
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8 Core)
2,840
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
ARM Immortalis-G925 MC12
2,850

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
FamilyApple M series (38)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple M3 (6)MediaTek Dimensity 9400 (1)
ArchitectureM3Cortex-X5 / -X4 / -A725
Technology3 nm3 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple M2 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
1x Cortex-X925
3.62 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
3x Cortex-X4
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A720
2.10 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
GPU nameApple M3 (8 Core)ARM Immortalis-G925 MC12
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.40 GHz1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader128 / 102412 /
Raytracing
Max. displays20
Max. GPU Memory24 GB
Technology3 nm3 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineMediatek APU
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPSMediaTek APU ? @ ? TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB16 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
TDP22 W12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M3 (8-GPU)MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2024
Release price
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Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8C / 8T · 3.62 GHz

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