Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and MediaTek Dimensity 6400
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 3
626536
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
CPU212110143783
GPU12071474983
Memory141171103023
UX152541124244
NanoReview Score626536446033
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
803
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
2159
File Compression158.7 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/secn/a
Background Blur9.48 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing27.8 frames/sn/a
Image Detection57.3 frames/sn/a
HDR92.6 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 940 MHz n/a
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 256 64
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 12 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 2.2
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- 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 3300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr February, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6475-AB n/a

Results

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