Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 3
1481667
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1633597
CPU381423350248
GPU509135607362
Memory338352363103
UX252757312884
NanoReview Score14816671633597
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
n/a
Graphics Test67 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
File Compression228.2 MB/s262.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s190.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec213.4 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s20.7 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s53.3 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s113.5 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec168.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec6.99 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 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 3000 3250
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 6 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Mali-G720 MP7
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 3 7
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 896
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X70 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr December, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8635 MT6899, MT6899Z

Results

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Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
17 (58.62%)
12 (41.38%)
Total Votes: 29

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