Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: April 2025 (April 2025 vs November 2024)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3400 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
April 2025
Launch Date
November 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8735
Model Name
Dimensity 9400
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X53x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A730
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 825
GPU name
-
1150 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
2.75 MB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
Dimensity 9400
2832 +34%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
Dimensity 9400
11974 +69%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2230196
Dimensity 9400
3518353 +58%