Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
and
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 6 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (3800 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs February 2025)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
November 2025
Launch Date
February 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
Dimensity 6400
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
-
512
Shading units
64
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12.1
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 3300 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
2 MB
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 2.2
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+242%
Dimensity 6400
819
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+375%
Dimensity 6400
2116
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
Tecno Pova Slim 5G
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
148
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
Lenovo Idea Tab Plus
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
12164
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