MediaTek Dimensity 6400
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 6400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (6 nm vs 10 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2500 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2450 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: February 2025 (February 2025 vs November 2016)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
February 2025
Launch Date
November 2016
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Dimensity 6400
Model Name
MSM8998
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
10 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
2450 MHz
-
Transistor count
3

GPU Specifications

Mali-G57 MP2
GPU name
Adreno 540
-
GPU frequency
739 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.5675 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
384
-
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682
1 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB
2 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 2.1
2K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
9 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 6400
819 +97%
Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 6400
2116 +39%
Snapdragon 835
1519
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 6400
437112 +26%
Snapdragon 835
346172