Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 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
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1299948
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU351855611291
GPU4870801316366
Memory213520508871
UX247493441848
NanoReview Score12999482878376
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
7655
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
n/a
Stability46 %n/a
Graphics Test45 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1767
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
4591
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression195.5 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser118.1 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering175.1 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur16.5 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing34 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection117.5 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR146.3 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.31 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 47 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 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 3200 3730
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 1843.2 GFLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12.1 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 LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 3.1 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 X65 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2022 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8475 MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

Results

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

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