MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 by 55% on AnTuTu v11 (27.27 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs) and is 33% faster in Geekbench single-core and 53% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2: key differences
Where the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 leads
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8% higher peak CPU clock
3.62 GHz vs 3.36 GHz
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Newer Arm instruction set
ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
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50% larger L3 cache
12 MB vs 8 MB
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Smaller process node
3 nm vs 4 nm
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2.2x more GPU compute power
4952 GFLOPS vs 2208.8 GFLOPS
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27% faster RAM
5333 MHz vs 4200 MHz
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Newer storage standard
UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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55% higher AnTuTu v11 score
27.27 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs
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53% faster in Geekbench multi-core
7,704 vs 5,037
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33% faster in Geekbench single-core
2,579 vs 1,942
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
+55% fasterGeekbench Single-Core
+33% fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+53% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- October 9, 2024
- November 2022
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Flagship
- Manufacturer
- MediaTek
- Qualcomm
- Model Number
- MT6991
- SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2
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 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510 - Max Frequency
- 3620 MHz
- 3360 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9.2-A
- ARMv9-A
- Process Node
- 3 nm
- 4 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 2 MB
- 1 MB
- L3 Cache
- 12 MB
- 8 MB
- TDP
- -
- 8.5 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU
- Adreno 740
- GPU Frequency
- 1612 MHz
- 680 MHz
- Shading Units
- 1536
- 1024
- FLOPS
- 4952 GFLOPS
- 2208.8 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 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 5333 MHz
- 4200 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x16-bit
- 4x16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 85.3 GB/s
- 67.2 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 24 GB
- 24 GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 4.1
- UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 320 MP
- 200 MP
- Video Capture
- 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 4K
- 4K
- Video Playback
- 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AVC
- H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
- Audio Codecs
- AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
- Modem
- -
- Snapdragon X70 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 7 Gbps
- 10 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps
- 3.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- 7
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
- 5.3
- Navigation
- NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
- Total
- 27,27,422
- 17,56,001
- CPU
- 8,49,678
- 5,58,984
- GPU
- 9,32,204
- 4,39,885
- Memory
- 3,52,736
- 3,01,880
- UX
- 5,92,804
- 4,55,252
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 2,579
- 1,942
- Multi-Core
- 7,704
- 5,037
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+12 pointsCPU Score
+21 pointsGPU Score
+7 pointsMemory Score
+10 pointsMore Dimensity 9400 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 comparisons
Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.
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