Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400
The MediaTek Dimensity 8400 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 by 13% on AnTuTu v11 (19.78 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs). Geekbench is split: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is 22% faster in single-core, while the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 is 23% faster in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 does better: 3% higher peak CPU clock (3.36 GHz vs 3.25 GHz) and 33% larger L3 cache (8 MB vs 6 MB).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400: key differences
Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads
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3% higher peak CPU clock
3.36 GHz vs 3.25 GHz
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33% larger L3 cache
8 MB vs 6 MB
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22% faster in Geekbench single-core
1,942 vs 1,595
Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 leads
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Newer Arm instruction set
ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
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4% more GPU compute power
2300 GFLOPS vs 2208.8 GFLOPS
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2% faster RAM
4266 MHz vs 4200 MHz
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Newer storage standard
UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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13% higher AnTuTu v11 score
19.78 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs
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23% faster in Geekbench multi-core
6,179 vs 5,037
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
+13% fasterGeekbench Single-Core
+22% fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+23% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- November 2022
- December 2024
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Upper Mid-range
- Manufacturer
- Qualcomm
- MediaTek
- Model Number
- SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2
- MT6899
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 - 1x 3.25GHz - Cortex-A725
3x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A725
4x 2.1GHz - Cortex-A725 - Max Frequency
- 3360 MHz
- 3250 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9-A
- ARMv9.2-A
- Process Node
- 4 nm
- 4nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 1 MB
- 1MB
- L3 Cache
- 8 MB
- 6MB
- TDP
- 8.5 W
- 7 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Adreno 740
- Mali-G720 MP7 GPU
- GPU Frequency
- 680 MHz
- 1300 MHz
- Shading Units
- 1024
- 128
- FLOPS
- 2208.8 GFLOPS
- 2300 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- Yes
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
- MediaTek NPU 880
- API Support
- Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
- OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 4200 MHz
- 4266 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x16-bit
- 4x 16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 67.2 GB/s
- 68.2 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 24 GB
- 24GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.0
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 200 MP
- 320MP
- Video Capture
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
- 4K @ 60FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 4K
- WQHD+
- Video Playback
- 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 4K at 60FPS
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
- H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X70 5G
- -
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 10 Gbps
- 5.17 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps
- 1.28 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 6.0
- Navigation
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
- NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
- Total
- 17,56,001
- 19,77,584
- CPU
- 5,58,984
- 6,20,628
- GPU
- 4,39,885
- 6,40,290
- Memory
- 3,01,880
- 2,82,939
- UX
- 4,55,252
- 4,33,737
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 1,942
- 1,595
- Multi-Core
- 5,037
- 6,179
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+1 pointCPU Score
+2 pointsGPU Score
+3 pointsMemory Score
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