MediaTek Dimensity 9400e vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e 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 9400e
2093827
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU486666679852
GPU8405271283493
Memory397851646515
UX368783505422
NanoReview Score20938273115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2233
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
7258
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression298.8 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser215.9 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering256.6 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur25.6 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing58.1 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection162.5 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR220 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.83 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3400 4600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 8 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 22.7 billion n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 n/a
Architecture Valhall 5th gen n/a
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz n/a
Execution Units 12 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 1536 n/a
FLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 790 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 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 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 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 n/a 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 May, 2025 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8850

Results

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

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