MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 comes out ahead.
I put the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 runs the Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU while the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 runs the Adreno 840. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.
Where each chip wins
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
3 advantages
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Larger L3 cache
12 MB vs 8 MB
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Higher GPU FLOPS
4952 GFLOPS vs 3686 GFLOPS
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33 MHz higher RAM speed
5333 MHz vs 5300 MHz
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4 advantages
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39% higher AnTuTu score
37.89 Lakhs vs 27.27 Lakhs
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43% faster Geekbench multi-core score
10,983 vs 7,704
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43% faster Geekbench single-core score
3,690 vs 2,579
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990 MHz higher CPU clock
4610 MHz vs 3620 MHz
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | October 9, 2024 | September 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Manufacturer | MediaTek | Qualcomm |
| Model Number | MT6991 | SM8850 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.62 GHz - Cortex X925 3x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4 4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A720 |
2 x 4.61 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores) 6 x 3.63 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores) |
| Max Frequency | 3620 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU | Adreno 840 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1612 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 512 |
| FLOPS | 4952 GFLOPS | 3686 GFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes |
| NPU | MediaTek NPU 890 | Hexagon NPU |
| API Support | Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 | Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 4x16-bit | 4x16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 85.3 GB/s | 84.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Camera Support | 320 MP | 320 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Video Capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | 4K | 4K |
| Video Playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AVC | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 | AAC, LDAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X85 |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 7 Gbps | 12.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.5 Gbps | 3.7 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Official page | Visit | Visit |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 27,27,422 | 37,89,020 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8,49,678 | 10,80,698 |
| GPU | 9,32,204 | 14,29,751 |
| Memory | 3,52,736 | 4,06,941 |
| UX | 5,92,804 | 8,71,630 |
| Single-Core | 2,579 | 3,690 |
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| Multi-Core | 7,704 | 10,983 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
| Category | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
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