Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 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 8 Elite Gen 5 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Adreno 840 GPU.
Why Mediatek Dimensity 9400 is better than Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- 35% higher compute performance (4.95 vs 3.68 TFLOPS)
Why Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is better than Mediatek Dimensity 9400
- 27% Faster CPU clock speed (4610 MHz vs 3620 MHz)
- 38% higher AnTuTu score (3.73M vs 2.70M)
- Geekbench 6 shows 26% faster single-core and 35% faster multi-core performance
Performance Scores
CPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
85
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
98
GPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
86
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
97
Memory score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
100
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
100
Total score
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
90
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
98
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +38%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
2,701,078
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3,726,403
| CPU | 595,763 | 1,075,208 |
| GPU | 1,186,159 | 1,385,137 |
| MEM | 458,668 | 400,897 |
| UX | 460,488 | 865,161 |
| TOTAL | 2,701,078 | 3,726,403 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +26%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
2,805
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3,524
Multi-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +35%
Mediatek Dimensity 9400
8,037
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
10,887
| Single-Core | 2,805 | 3,524 |
| Multi-Core | 8,037 | 10,887 |
General
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9400 | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Launch Date | October 9, 2024 | september 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | MT6991 | SM8850 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| 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) |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3620 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm (N3E) | 3 nm |
| TDP | - | - |
GPU
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU Frequency | 1612 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek NPU 890 | Hexagon NPU |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 512 |
| Compute Performance | 4.95 TFLOPS | 3.68 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 5333 MHz | Up to 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x16-bit channels |
| 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 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 320 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 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 |
| Display Support | 3840x2160 | 4K @ 60Hz |
Connectivity
| Modem | Integrated 5G Modem | Snapdragon X85 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7 Gbps | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | - | Up to 3.7 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth Version | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |