MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
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 801
125245
CPU61129144542
GPU131636628537
Memory50887122889
UX44184829277
NanoReview Score2878376125245
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
205
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
698
File Compression359.5 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser252.5 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering300.4 MP/secn/a
Background Blur33.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing78.2 frames/sn/a
Image Detection223.1 frames/sn/a
HDR267.2 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing9.25 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 3730 2500
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 28 nm
Transistor count n/a 1 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 330
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 300
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 578 MHz
Execution Units 12 1
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 128
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 148 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 11

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 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x2048 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 5
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7300 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 4.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr February, 2014 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA MSM8974 v3

Results

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

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