MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8400, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500
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 8400
1633597
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU350248786574
GPU6073621422243
Memory363103725851
UX312884514698
NanoReview Score16335973449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression262.5 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser190.4 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering213.4 MP/secn/a
Background Blur20.7 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing53.3 frames/sn/a
Image Detection113.5 frames/sn/a
HDR168.7 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing6.99 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 4000
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 MP7 n/a
Architecture Valhall 5th gen n/a
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 7 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 896 n/a
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS 5315 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.2 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 880 MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 24 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6899, MT6899Z n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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