MediaTek Dimensity 9400
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 10 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2450 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2024 (November 2024 vs November 2016)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2024
Launch Date
November 2016
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
MSM8998
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
10 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2450 MHz
-
Transistor count
3

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 540
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
739 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.5675 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
384
-
Execution units
1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.0
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
2 MB
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 2.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
9 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832 +582%
Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974 +688%
Snapdragon 835
1519
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353 +916%
Snapdragon 835
346172