MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 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
2561838
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU596645679852
GPU11596241283493
Memory402762646515
UX402807505422
NanoReview Score25618383115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Graphics Test70 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression348.3 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 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 3630 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
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 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 4.0
- 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
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 October, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA SM8850

Results

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

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