MediaTek Dimensity 8400
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 14 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3250 MHz vs 2150 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs November 2015)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2024
Launch Date
November 2015
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8400
Model Name
MSM8996
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
8
Cores
4
4 nm
Technology
14 nm
3250 MHz
Frequency
2150 MHz
-
Transistor count
2

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MC7
GPU name
Adreno 530
1400 MHz
GPU frequency
624 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.3194 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
256
6
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
4.1
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4
8533 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

3.5 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
6 MB
L3 cache
-
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
11 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8400
1684 +421%
Snapdragon 820
323
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8400
6970 +743%
Snapdragon 820
827
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8400
1772345 +568%
Snapdragon 820
265351