MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8400, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
676837
CPU350248207306
GPU607362171454
Memory363103166898
UX312884131179
NanoReview Score1633597676837
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3166
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2761
File Compression262.5 MB/s130.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser190.4 pages/s71.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering213.4 MP/sec101.8 MP/sec
Background Blur20.7 frames/s10.5 frames/s
Photo Processing53.3 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection113.5 frames/s51.3 frames/s
HDR168.7 MP/sec84.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.99 MP/sec3.49 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 1/2.4 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2.36 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 2400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 MP7 Adreno 644
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 443 MHz
Execution Units 7 3
Shader Units 128 384
Total shader 896 768
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS 680.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 3.2 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X62
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 4400 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2024 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename MT6899, MT6899Z SM7450-AB

Results

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

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