MediaTek Dimensity 6400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 6400, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 6400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU143783475806
GPU74983881311
Memory103023390065
UX124244335026
NanoReview Score4460332082208
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
803
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
2159
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compressionn/a293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a196.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a221.6 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a24.1 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a63.9 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a154.6 frames/s
HDRn/a217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 3210
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 6 MB
L3 Cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 6 nm 4 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G57 MP2 Adreno 825
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency n/a 1150 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 32 512
Total shader 64 1024
FLOPS n/a 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 3300 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8735

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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