MediaTek Dimensity 7450
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 7450 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: April 2026 (April 2026 vs November 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (Up to 2.6GHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
April 2026
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
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Manufacturing
TSMC
MediaTek Dimensity 7450
Model Name
SM8550-AB
4x Arm Cortex-A78 @ 2.6GHz + 4x Arm Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Octa (8)
Cores
8
4 nm-class
Technology
4 nm
Up to 2.6GHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Arm Mali-G615 MC2
GPU name
Adreno 740
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GPU frequency
680 MHz
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FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
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Shading units
1280
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Execution units
2
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OpenCL version
2.0
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Vulkan version
1.1
WFHD+ @ 120Hz; Full HD+ @ 144Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD and FDD bands, DSS, NR DL 3CC 140MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback
Cellular specific functions
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2G-5G multi-mode, 5G/4G CA, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA
Cellular technologies
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NR DL 3CC 140MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO
Downlink functions
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3.27Gbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+
Modem power saving technologies
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256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO
Uplink functions
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2T2R
Wi-Fi antenna
-
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5, LPDDR4x
Memory type
LPDDR5X
Up to 6400Mbps
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
1 MB
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Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K30 (3840 x 2160)
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Encode: H.264, HEVC; Decode: H.264, HEVC, VP-9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, HEVC, VP-9
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
WFHD+ @ 120Hz; Full HD+ @ 144Hz
Display refresh rate
-
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TDP
6.3 W
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Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Faster edge AI with additional hardware optimizations, AI camera acceleration, up to 7% higher NPU performance
AI features
-
MediaTek 6th generation NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 7450
1071
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993 +86%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 7450
3197
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328 +67%