MediaTek Dimensity 8450
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8450 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (May 2025 vs October 2024)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (3250 MHz vs 4000 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2025
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8450
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5
6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3250 MHz
Frequency
4000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MC7
GPU name
-
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
-
2.3296 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
3.2
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

Up to 5170 Mbps
Download speed
-
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
-
6 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
-
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8450
1585
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902 +83%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8450
6278
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840 +57%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8450
1641997
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241 +95%