MediaTek Dimensity 8450 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8450, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8450 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
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 8450
1675507
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
635680
CPU388482212957
GPU610993154666
Memory375299137272
UX300733130785
NanoReview Score1675507635680
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
2635
Stabilityn/a98 %
Graphics Testn/a15 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
1617
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
1064
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
6406
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
3006
File Compression281.1 MB/s159.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser197.4 pages/s74.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering233.6 MP/sec118.7 MP/sec
Background Blur24 frames/s11.2 frames/s
Photo Processing55.9 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Image Detection138.6 frames/s58.4 frames/s
HDR200.8 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.2 MP/sec4.28 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 1/2.5 (Kryo 670 Prime Cortex-A78)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo 670 Gold Cortex-A78)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 670 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 2500
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 6 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 642
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 608 MHz
Execution Units 7 2
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 896 512
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS 622.6 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 770

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 2.2
- UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x192 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
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X53
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 3700 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7325-AE

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8450 the clear winner in this comparison.

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