Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Mediatek Dimensity 8500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Mediatek Dimensity 9400 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU, while the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Arm Mali-G720 MC8 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Mediatek Dimensity 9400
- 6% Faster CPU clock speed (3620 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- 12% higher AnTuTu score (2.70M vs 2.41M)
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4nm
- Geekbench 6 shows 62% faster single-core and 19% faster multi-core performance
- 11% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)
- 113% higher compute performance (4.95 vs 2.32 TFLOPS)
- 11% higher memory frequency (5333 MHz vs 4800 MHz)
Top Reasons to Choose the MediaTek Dimensity 8500
- Released 15 months later - (January 2026 vs October 9, 2024)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
85
|
72
|
| GPU Score |
86
|
84
|
| Memory Score |
100
|
95
|
| Total Score |
90
|
84
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400 +12%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
2,701,078
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
2,407,614
| CPU | 595,763 | 709,591 |
| GPU | 1,186,159 | 762,021 |
| MEM | 458,668 | 409,017 |
| UX | 460,488 | 526,985 |
| TOTAL | 2,701,078 | 2,407,614 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9400 +62%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
2,805
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1,728
Multi-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9400 +19%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
8,037
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
6,762
| Single-Core | 2,805 | 1,728 |
| Multi-Core | 8,037 | 6,762 |
General
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9400 | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 |
| Launch Date | October 9, 2024 | January 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | MT6991 | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.62 GHz - Cortex X925 3x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4 4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A720 |
1x 3.40 GHz - Cortex-A725 3x 3.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 4x 2.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3620 MHz | 3400 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | - |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm (N3E) | 4nm |
| TDP | - | - |
GPU
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 | Arm Mali-G720 MC8 |
| GPU Frequency | 1612 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek NPU 890 | MediaTek NPU 880 |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 128 |
| Compute Performance | 4.95 TFLOPS | 2.32 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
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 |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 AVC |
H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
| Display Support | 3840x2160 | 2960 x 1440 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Integrated 5G Modem | 3GPP Release 16 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7 Gbps | Up to 5.17 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |