MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2024 (November 2024 vs January 2021)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400
Model Name
SM8250-AC
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X5 3x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 650
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
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. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
-
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, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400
2832 +146%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400
11974 +259%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400
3518353 +343%
Snapdragon 870
794278