Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 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 4
757902
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2093827
CPU258336486666
GPU183669840527
Memory138904397851
UX176993368783
NanoReview Score7579022093827
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2233
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
7258
File Compression154.3 MB/s298.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser81.6 pages/s215.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering109.9 MP/sec256.6 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s25.6 frames/s
Photo Processing25 frames/s58.1 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s162.5 frames/s
HDR93 MP/sec220 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.14 MP/sec7.83 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 3400
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 22.7 billion

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 895 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 256 1536
FLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 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 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 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 3360x1600 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 Qualcomm X62 5G 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 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6650 n/a

Results

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

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