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Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Exynos 2500

MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
vs
Samsung Exynos 2500
Samsung Exynos 2500

In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Samsung Exynos 2500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Mediatek Dimensity 9400 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU GPU, while the Samsung Exynos 2500 comes with a deca-core CPU and the Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU.

Why Mediatek Dimensity 9400 is better than Samsung Exynos 2500

  • 10% Faster CPU clock speed (3620 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
  • 25% higher AnTuTu score (2.70M vs 2.15M)
  • Geekbench 6 shows 19% faster single-core performance
  • 11% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)
  • 21% more compute performance (4.95 vs 4.09 TFLOPS)
  • 11% higher memory frequency (5333 MHz vs 4800 MHz)

Why Samsung Exynos 2500 is better than Mediatek Dimensity 9400

  • Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
  • Newer release date (June 2025 vs October 9, 2024)
  • 33% larger L3 cache (16 MB vs 12 MB)

Performance scores

Overall comparison of performance, power efficiency, and real-world usage.

CPU score

Mediatek Dimensity 9400
85
Samsung Exynos 2500
81

GPU score

Mediatek Dimensity 9400
86
Samsung Exynos 2500
85

Memory score

Mediatek Dimensity 9400
100
Samsung Exynos 2500
95

Total score

Mediatek Dimensity 9400
90
Samsung Exynos 2500
87

AnTuTu 10

AnTuTu checks how well the CPU, GPU, memory, and storage perform under load.
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
+25% better
2,701,078
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
CPU 595,763 514,532
GPU 1,186,159 946,368
MEM 458,668 383,044
UX 460,488 310,881
TOTAL 2,701,078 2,154,825

Geekbench 6

Geekbench measures CPU performance in single-core and multi-core scenarios.

Single-Core

Mediatek Dimensity 9400
+19% better
2,805
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359

Multi-Core

Mediatek Dimensity 9400
8,037
Samsung Exynos 2500
+1% better
8,141
Single-Core 2,805 2,359
Multi-Core 8,037 8,141

General

SoC Name Mediatek Dimensity 9400 Samsung Exynos 2500
Launch Date October 9, 2024 June 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model Number MT6991 S5E9955
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

CPU

CPU Cores 8 10
Architecture ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Core Configuration 1x 3.62 GHz - Cortex X925
3x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A720
1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925
2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725
5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725
2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520
Max Clock Speed 3620 MHz 3300 MHz
L2 Cache 2 MB 11 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB 16 MB
Process Node 3 nm (N3E) 3 nm
TDP - 6 Watts

GPU

GPU Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU Samsung Xclipse 950
GPU Architecture 5th Gen Valhall Architecture AMD RDNA 3 Architecture
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 999 MHz
Neural Processing Unit MediaTek NPU 890 59 TOPS NPU
Shading Units 1536 64
Compute Performance 4.95 TFLOPS 4.09 TFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support Yes Yes, Hardware-accelerated
Max Refresh Rate 180 Hz at WQHD 4K @ 120Hz
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

Memory & Storage

Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Frequency 5333 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16-bit channels 4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth 85.3 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size 24 GB 24 GB
Storage Type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0

ISP & Multimedia

Max Camera 320 MP 320MP
Max Display Resolution 3840x2160 4K
Video Recording 8K @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS 8K @ 30FPS HDR, 4K @ 120FPS
Video Playback 8K @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS 8K @ 30FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AVC H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1
Audio Codecs AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3

Connectivity

Modem Integrated 5G Modem Exynos 5400 5G
4G LTE Cat.24 (FDD/TDD) LTE-A Cat.24
5G Sub-6 GHz & mmWave Sub-6GHz NR, mmWave
Download Speed Up to 7 Gbps Up to 9.64 Gbps
Upload Speed - Up to 2.55 Gbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Navigation NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS