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MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Upper Mid-range
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Mid-range

The MediaTek Dimensity 8400 scores 2x higher than the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 on AnTuTu v11 (19.78 Lakhs vs 9.82 Lakhs) and is 50% faster in Geekbench single-core and 2.1x in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 does better: 33% larger L3 cache (8 MB vs 6 MB).

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4: key differences

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 leads

  • 41% higher peak CPU clock

    3.25 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A

  • 5x more GPU compute power

    2300 GFLOPS vs 458.2 GFLOPS

  • Newer RAM type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5, LPDDR4X

  • 33% faster RAM

    4266 MHz vs 3200 MHz

  • Newer storage standard

    UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1

  • 2x higher AnTuTu v11 score

    19.78 Lakhs vs 9.82 Lakhs

  • 2.1x faster in Geekbench multi-core

    6,179 vs 2,903

  • 50% faster in Geekbench single-core

    1,595 vs 1,066

Where the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 leads

  • 33% larger L3 cache

    8 MB vs 6 MB

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

2x faster
Dimensity 8400 19,77,584
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 9,81,995

Geekbench Single-Core

+50% faster
Dimensity 8400 1,595
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 1,066

Geekbench Multi-Core

2.1x faster
Dimensity 8400 6,179
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 2,903

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Dimensity 8400 Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date
December 2024
February 2025
Chipset Class
Upper Mid-range
Mid-range
Manufacturer
MediaTek
Qualcomm
Model Number
MT6899
SM6650

CPU

Total Cores
8
8
Core Configuration
1x 3.25GHz - Cortex-A725
3x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A725
4x 2.1GHz - Cortex-A725
1x 2.3GHz - Cortex A720
3x 2.2GHz - Cortex A720
4x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520
Max Frequency
3250 MHz
2300 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9-A
Process Node
4nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 Cache
1MB
1 MB
L3 Cache
6MB
8 MB
TDP
7 W
5 W

GPU

GPU Name
Mali-G720 MP7 GPU
Adreno 810
GPU Frequency
1300 MHz
895 MHz
Shading Units
128
128
FLOPS
2300 GFLOPS
458.2 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support
Yes
No
NPU
MediaTek NPU 880
Hexagon NPU
API Support
OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5, LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16-bit
2x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size
24GB
16 GB
Storage Type
UFS 4.0
UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support
320MP
200MP
Video Capture
4K @ 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Max Display Resolution
WQHD+
Full HD+
Video Playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio Codecs
AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3
AAC LC, aptX Adaptive, LDAC

Connectivity

Modem
-
Snapdragon X62 5G
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
5.17 Gbps
2.9 Gbps
Upload Speed
1.28 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi
6E
6E
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo

Links

Official page
Visit
Visit

Benchmark results

Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.

Dimensity 8400 Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

AnTuTu v11

Total
19,77,584
9,81,995
CPU
6,20,628
3,84,338
GPU
6,40,290
1,62,050
Memory
2,82,939
1,85,277
UX
4,33,737
2,50,330

Geekbench

Single-Core
1,595
1,066
Multi-Core
6,179
2,903

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+29 points
Dimensity 8400 77
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 48

CPU Score

+23 points
Dimensity 8400 66
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 43

GPU Score

+38 points
Dimensity 8400 76
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 38

Memory Score

+27 points
Dimensity 8400 90
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 63

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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