MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Google Tensor G5

Flagship

The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 scores 2.1x higher than the Google Tensor G5 on AnTuTu v11 (27.27 Lakhs vs 13.27 Lakhs) and is 12% faster in Geekbench single-core and 22% in multi-core. Where the Google Tensor G5 does better: 4% higher peak CPU clock (3.78 GHz vs 3.62 GHz).

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Google Tensor G5: key differences

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 leads

50% larger L3 cache

12 MB vs 8 MB
2.9x more GPU compute power

4952 GFLOPS vs 1689.6 GFLOPS
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0
2.1x higher AnTuTu v11 score

27.27 Lakhs vs 13.27 Lakhs
22% faster in Geekbench multi-core

7,704 vs 6,301
12% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,579 vs 2,298

Where the Google Tensor G5 leads

4% higher peak CPU clock

3.78 GHz vs 3.62 GHz

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

2.1x faster

Dimensity 9400 27,27,422

Tensor G5 13,26,623

Geekbench Single-Core

+12% faster

Dimensity 9400 2,579

Tensor G5 2,298

Geekbench Multi-Core

+22% faster

Dimensity 9400 7,704

Tensor G5 6,301

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Dimensity 9400 Tensor G5

Overview

Launch Date: October 9, 2024; August 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: MediaTek; Google
Model Number: MT6991; GS501

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.62 GHz - Cortex X925
3x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A720; 1x Cortex X4 - 3.78GHz
5x Cortex A725 - 3.05GHz
2x Cortex A520 - 2.25GHz
Max Frequency: 3620 MHz; 3780 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 3 nm; 3 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 2 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 12 MB; 8 MB
TDP: -; 6 W

GPU

GPU Name: Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU; PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU Frequency: 1612 MHz; 1100 MHz
Shading Units: 1536; 128
FLOPS: 4952 GFLOPS; 1689.6 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: MediaTek NPU 890; -
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0; Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 5333 MHz; 5333 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 85.3 GB/s; 68.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 4.0

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 200MP
Video Capture: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AVC; H.264, H.265, HEVC, AV1, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: -; Samsung Exynos 5400 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 7 Gbps; 14.79 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 7
Bluetooth: 6.0; 6.0
Navigation: NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS; GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS