MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2024 (November 2024 vs November 2022)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2024
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
SM8550-AB
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5 3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 740
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
1280
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
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, UFS 4.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832 +42%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974 +125%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353 +127%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709