Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Flagship

Upper Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 by 20% on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 19.78 Lakhs) and is 36% faster in Geekbench single-core and 7% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the MediaTek Dimensity 8400.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads

5% higher peak CPU clock

3.4 GHz vs 3.25 GHz
2x larger L3 cache

12 MB vs 6 MB
56% more GPU compute power

3584 GFLOPS vs 2300 GFLOPS
13% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 4266 MHz
20% higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.68 Lakhs vs 19.78 Lakhs
7% faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,626 vs 6,179
36% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,162 vs 1,595

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+20% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 23,68,420

Dimensity 8400 19,77,584

Geekbench Single-Core

+36% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162

Dimensity 8400 1,595

Geekbench Multi-Core

+7% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6,626

Dimensity 8400 6,179

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dimensity 8400

Overview

Launch Date: October 2023; December 2024
Chipset Class: Flagship; Upper Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; MediaTek
Model Number: SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC; MT6899

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520; 1x 3.25GHz - Cortex-A725
3x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A725
4x 2.1GHz - Cortex-A725
Max Frequency: 3400 MHz; 3250 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: TSMC 4 nm; 4nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 1MB
L3 Cache: 12 MB; 6MB
TDP: 8 W; 7 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 750; Mali-G720 MP7 GPU
GPU Frequency: 903 MHz - 1000 MHz; 1300 MHz
Shading Units: 1536; 128
FLOPS: 3584 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: 4800 MHz; 4266 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 68.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24GB
Storage Type: 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 at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9; 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 X75 5G; -
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 5.17 Gbps
Upload Speed: Up to 3.5 Gbps; 1.28 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 5.4; 6.0
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC; NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS