Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, 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 Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Adreno 662 GPU.
Why Mediatek Dimensity 9400 is better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
- Geekbench 6 shows 176% faster single-core and 242% faster multi-core performance
- 368% higher AnTuTu score (2.70M vs 577K)
- Released 2 years and 5 months later - (October 9, 2024 vs May 2022)
- 51% Faster CPU clock speed (3620 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4 nm
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A)
- 3.3× higher memory bandwidth (85.3 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)
- 628% higher compute power (4.95 TFLOPS vs 0.68 TFLOPS)
- 67% higher memory frequency (5333 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
Performance Scores
CPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
85
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
41
GPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
86
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
34
Memory score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
100
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
64
Total score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
90
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
46
AnTuTu 10
Mediatek Dimensity 9400 +368%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
2,701,078
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
577,238
| CPU | 595,763 | 168,774 |
| GPU | 1,186,159 | 170,394 |
| MEM | 458,668 | 115,759 |
| UX | 460,488 | 122,311 |
| TOTAL | 2,701,078 | 577,238 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9400 +176%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
2,805
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
1,017
Multi-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9400 +242%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
8,037
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2,351
| Single-Core | 2,805 | 1,017 |
| Multi-Core | 8,037 | 2,351 |
General
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9400 | Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 |
| Launch Date | October 9, 2024 | May 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | MT6991 | SM7450-AB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.62 GHz - Cortex X925 3x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4 4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A720 |
1x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A710 3x 2.36 GHz - Cortex A710 4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3620 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | - |
| Process Node | 3 nm (N3E) | 4 nm |
| TDP | - | 5 W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 | Adreno 662 |
| GPU Frequency | 1612 MHz | 600 - 950 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek NPU 890 | Hexagon NPU |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 384 |
| Compute Performance | 4.95 TFLOPS | 0.680 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | No |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Frequency | 5333 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 2x16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 85.3 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 200 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
4K HDR at 30FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
4K at 30FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 AVC |
H.264 H.265 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
| Display Support | 3840x2160 | 2560 x 1600 (QHD+) |
Connectivity
| Modem | Integrated 5G Modem | Snapdragon X62 5G |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7 Gbps | Up to 4.4 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | - | Up to 1.6 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |