MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 9400 Plus
2878376
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU611291679852
GPU13163661283493
Memory508871646515
UX441848505422
NanoReview Score28783763115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression359.5 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser252.5 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering300.4 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur33.2 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing78.2 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection223.1 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR267.2 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.25 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3730 4600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 n/a
Architecture Valhall 5th gen n/a
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz n/a
Execution Units 12 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 1536 n/a
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 890 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 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 4.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7300 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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