MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (3400 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (May 2025 vs September 2025)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9400e
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4, 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4, 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
22.7
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Adreno 840
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
3.9936 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
24 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU 790
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9400e
2188
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+72%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9400e
7403
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+71%
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9400e
3913
+8%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9400e
2202445
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+48%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
8039
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
658
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
8322
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
1919
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
1885
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
37377
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
OnePlus Ace 5 Racing
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
19726
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
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