MediaTek Dimensity 9400
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (November 2024 vs January 2026)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
November 2024
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
-
-
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832 +67%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974 +74%
Dimensity 8500
6897
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353 +49%
Dimensity 8500
2359462