Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8400

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and MediaTek Dimensity 8400 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (6 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (2800 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (March 2023 vs December 2024)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
March 2023
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6225-AD
Model Name
Dimensity 8400
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
4 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 610
GPU name
Mali-G720 MC7
950 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
0.2432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
1
Execution units
6
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 390 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7900 Mbps
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.4
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
3.5 MB
-
L3 cache
6 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.0
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon 686
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 685
475
Dimensity 8400
1684 +255%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 685
1517
Dimensity 8400
6970 +359%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 685
354293
Dimensity 8400
1772345 +400%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 685
476175
Dimensity 8400
1948428 +309%