MediaTek Dimensity 8400
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3250 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs December 2020)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2024
Launch Date
December 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
Dimensity 8400
Model Name
SM8350
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3250 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MC7
GPU name
Adreno 660
1400 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.72 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
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

Connectivity

Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
-
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
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, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.0, 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
-
TDP
10 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 780

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8400
1684 +14%
Snapdragon 888
1481
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8400
6970 +84%
Snapdragon 888
3794

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1435
Lenovo Legion Phone Dual 2 / 2 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
529
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
9483
Asus ZenFone 8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
16735