Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
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 4
2082208
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU475806611291
GPU8813111316366
Memory390065508871
UX335026441848
NanoReview Score20822082878376
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression293.2 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3210 3730
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 6 MB 12 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 825 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon MediaTek NPU 890

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 85.3 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 4.0 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

Results

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