MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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SoC Comparison Result

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

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (May 2025 vs January 2026)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
May 2025
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400e
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4, 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4, 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
22.7
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.9936 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
3.0
OpenCL version
3.2
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
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

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
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 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU 790
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400e
2188 +29%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400e
7403 +7%
Dimensity 8500
6897
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400e
2202445
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +7%