Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 and MediaTek Dimensity 8400
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 6s Gen 3
453329
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1633597
CPU147463350248
GPU87617607362
Memory92706363103
UX125543312884
NanoReview Score4533291633597
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
940
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
2115
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
File Compression107 MB/s262.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser56.7 pages/s190.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering82.5 MP/sec213.4 MP/sec
Background Blur5.26 frames/s20.7 frames/s
Photo Processing22.3 frames/s53.3 frames/s
Image Detection42.4 frames/s113.5 frames/s
HDR66.7 MP/sec168.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.88 MP/sec6.99 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 3250
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 6 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 4 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 619 Mali-G720 MP7
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 2 7
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 256 896
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.2
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon MediaTek NPU 880

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 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 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 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 X51 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced June, 2024 yr December, 2024 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6375-AC MT6899, MT6899Z

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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