Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
561563
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2093827
CPU180456486666
GPU97620840527
Memory148206397851
UX135281368783
NanoReview Score5615632093827
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2367
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
n/a
Graphics Test14 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
943
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2233
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2748
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
7258
File Compression150.2 MB/s298.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser65.8 pages/s215.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering91.8 MP/sec256.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.69 frames/s25.6 frames/s
Photo Processing23.2 frames/s58.1 frames/s
Image Detection53 frames/s162.5 frames/s
HDR90.3 MP/sec220 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.13 MP/sec7.83 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 3400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 22.7 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 676 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 256 1536
FLOPS 346.1 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2022 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6450 n/a

Results

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

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