MediaTek Dimensity 8400
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3250 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs December 2021)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2024
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Dimensity 8400
Model Name
SM8450
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3250 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MC7
GPU name
Adreno 730
1400 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
768
6
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
8533 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

3.5 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
6 MB
L3 cache
-
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
5.3 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8400
1684 +1%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8400
6970 +73%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8400
1772345 +62%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1435
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
790
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
9483
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
13969