Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
There are 8 key differences between Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks and MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks.
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MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
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Key differences
| Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apple | MediaTek |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 6 nm (TSMC) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | February 2025 (as the base Dimensity 6400) — appeared as the "Turbo" exclusively with the Realme 16 in January 2026 |
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Cortex-A76 at 2.5 GHz + 6× Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 2.5 GHz |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv8.2-A, 64-bit (not ARMv9) |
| GPU | Apple A19 GPU — five cores (four in the iPhone 17e) with neural accelerators in every core | Mali-G57 MC2 |
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| Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| التصنيع | ||
| Manufacturer | Apple | MediaTek |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 6 nm (TSMC) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | February 2025 (as the base Dimensity 6400) — appeared as the "Turbo" exclusively with the Realme 16 in January 2026 |
| Availability | Available | Available |
| المعالج المركزي | ||
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Cortex-A76 at 2.5 GHz + 6× Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 2.5 GHz |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv8.2-A, 64-bit (not ARMv9) |
| الرسوميات والذكاء الاصطناعي | ||
| GPU | Apple A19 GPU — five cores (four in the iPhone 17e) with neural accelerators in every core | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| GPU clock | ~1620 MHz | No specific official figure from MediaTek |
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine (plus neural accelerators in every GPU core) | Not officially documented as a separate unit (a budget chip with no AI marketing focus) |
| AI performance | ~45 TOPS (an estimate; Apple publishes no official figure) | Not officially announced |
| الذاكرة والاتصال | ||
| Supported RAM | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Max RAM | 8533MT/s | 2133 MHz |
| Supported storage | NVMe (custom Apple storage) | UFS 2.2 |
| Modem | Apple C1X (iPhone 17e) and a Qualcomm modem (iPhone 17) | Integrated Sub-6 5G modem, with dual 5G SIM support |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 5 (officially from the chip) — some devices such as the Realme 16 add Wi-Fi 6 via an external module |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.2 (officially from the chip) — the Realme 16 uses 5.3/5.4 at device level |
| نتائج الاختبارات | ||
| AnTuTu | ~2,200,000 (iOS — not directly comparable with Android) | ~544,000–604,000 (varies with the device and accompanying RAM) |
| Geekbench single-core | ~3,700 | ~764 – 803 |
| Geekbench multi-core | ~9,250 | ~1978 – 2159 |
| مميزات إضافية | ||
| Key features | Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), neural accelerators in the GPU, graphite cooling (iPhone 17), the N1 networking chip, Apple Intelligence support | Relatively good thermal stability in long tests (99.5% consistency), camera support up to 108 MP, displays up to 120Hz at FHD+ |
| Phones using it | iPhone 17, iPhone 17e | Realme 16 5G (as the "Turbo") — the same base chip is also used in devices such as the Motorola Moto G87, Realme 15T and Tecno Pova Slim 5G under the standard Dimensity 6400 name |
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