Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 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 7 Gen 3
817003
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2093827
CPU263765486666
GPU261155840527
Memory137609397851
UX154474368783
NanoReview Score8170032093827
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
n/a
Graphics Test35 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2233
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
7258
File Compression164.1 MB/s298.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/s215.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/sec256.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12 frames/s25.6 frames/s
Photo Processing29.6 frames/s58.1 frames/s
Image Detection65.2 frames/s162.5 frames/s
HDR105.1 MP/sec220 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/sec7.83 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 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 2630 3400
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 4 MB 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 720 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 512 1536
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX n/a 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 2880x1800 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- 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 X63 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 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 November, 2023 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7550-AB n/a

Results

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

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