Apple M5 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 (iPad) (99/100)

Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus (89/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M5 (iPad)

99/100
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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 M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 89.0 Very Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 90.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Graphics test 30 FPS 18 FPS
Section 1 88 FPS 45 FPS
Section 2 63 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 36 FPS
Stability 71% 77%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 890
NPU theoretical performance — 50 TOPS

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
CPU 965229 869347
GPU 1313129 1015558
Memory 458312 357663
Total score 3396957 2874956
UX 660296 632388

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
L3 cache — 12 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 9 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem C1X —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Download speed — Up to 7300 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 576.8 MB/sec 359.5 MB/sec
Background blur 55 images/sec 33.2 images/sec
Edge detection 2.84 Gpixels/sec 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 177.6 images/sec 28.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 5.76 Gpixels/sec 1.5 Gpixels/sec
HDR 549.3 Mpixels/sec 267.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.9 pages/sec 252.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 452.7 images/sec 223.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 380 Mpixels/sec 300.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 6580.5 FPS 3826.1 FPS
Photo processing 161.4 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 9.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 188 Gpixels/sec 72.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
FLOPS 4147.2 Gigaflops 4952.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1620 MHz 1612 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 12
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Announced October 2025 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number T8142 MT6991, MT6991Z/TCZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 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
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-17->Libero GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-05(Sachin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(Z) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(GTALVG) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-30(TinHtunOo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Raizen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(DinoXSMAX) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(DinoXs) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25->KerimTheBabo31 — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (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 M5 (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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