MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
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
2561838
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
757902
CPU596645258336
GPU1159624183669
Memory402762138904
UX402807176993
NanoReview Score2561838757902
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
n/a
Graphics Test70 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
File Compression348.3 MB/s154.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s81.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec109.9 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s55.8 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec93 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec4.14 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3630 2300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 810
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 895 MHz
Execution Units 12 2
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 256
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 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 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3360x1600 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x200 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Qualcomm X62 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr February, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA SM6650

Results

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

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