Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Mediatek Dimensity 7400

Flagship

Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads the Mediatek Dimensity 7400 by 80% on AnTuTu v11 (17.56 Lakhs vs 9.74 Lakhs) and is 80% faster in Geekbench single-core and 67% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Mediatek Dimensity 7400.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Mediatek Dimensity 7400: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads

29% higher peak CPU clock

3.36 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.2-A
3.4x more GPU compute power

2208.8 GFLOPS vs 655.5 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
31% faster RAM

4200 MHz vs 3200 MHz
80% higher AnTuTu v11 score

17.56 Lakhs vs 9.74 Lakhs
67% faster in Geekbench multi-core

5,037 vs 3,010
80% faster in Geekbench single-core

1,942 vs 1,077

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+80% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 17,56,001

Mediatek Dimensity 7400 9,74,042

Geekbench Single-Core

+80% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1,942

Mediatek Dimensity 7400 1,077

Geekbench Multi-Core

+67% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,037

Mediatek Dimensity 7400 3,010

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mediatek Dimensity 7400

Overview

Launch Date: November 2022; February 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; MediaTek
Model Number: SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2; MT6878

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510; 4x 2.6GHz - Cortex A78
4x 2.0GHz - Cortex A55
Max Frequency: 3360 MHz; 2600 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9-A; ARMv8.2-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC N4P
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 512 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; -
TDP: 8.5 W; 4 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 740; Mali-G615 MC2
GPU Frequency: 680 MHz; 1300 MHz
Shading Units: 1024; 128
FLOPS: 2208.8 GFLOPS; 655.5 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; MediaTek NPU 655
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 4200 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 2x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 67.2 GB/s; 25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0; UFS3.1, UFS2.2

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 200MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS; 4K at 30FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; Full HD+
Video Playback: 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 30FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP-9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X70 5G; MediaTek M80 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 3.27 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; -
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 5.3; 5.4
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; NavIC, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS