Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400e mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3300 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (October 2023 vs May 2025)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
October 2023
Launch Date
May 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
Dimensity 9400e
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4, 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4, 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
-
Transistor count
22.7

GPU Specifications

Adreno 750
GPU name
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
770 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.9936 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
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
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 790
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
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
- AV1
- VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv9
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +0%
Dimensity 9400e
2188
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
Dimensity 9400e
7403 +4%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
Dimensity 9400e
2202445 +14%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
9124
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
8039
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
955
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
658
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
9078
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
8322
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Redmagic 9S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1840
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
1919
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1806
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
1885
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Asus ZenFone 11 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
62240
Realme GT 7
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
37377
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Lenovo Legion Y700 (2025)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
25201
OnePlus Ace 5 Racing
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
19726