Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Flagship

Upper Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 by 15% on AnTuTu v11 (23.14 Lakhs vs 20.17 Lakhs) and is 30% faster in Geekbench single-core. Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 does better: 2% higher peak CPU clock (3.25 GHz vs 3.2 GHz).

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

33% larger L3 cache

8 MB vs 6 MB
1% more GPU compute power

2355 GFLOPS vs 2329 GFLOPS
13% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 4266 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0
15% higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.14 Lakhs vs 20.17 Lakhs
30% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,073 vs 1,598

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 leads

2% higher peak CPU clock

3.25 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+15% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Dimensity 8450 20,16,572

Geekbench Single-Core

+30% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Dimensity 8450 1,598

Geekbench Multi-Core

+5% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Dimensity 8450 6,217

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Dimensity 8450

Overview

Launch Date: Apirl 2025; MT6899
Chipset Class: Flagship; Upper Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; MediaTek
Model Number: SM8735; -

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720; 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz - Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz - Cortex-A725
Max Frequency: 3200 MHz; 3250 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 6 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 6 MB
TDP: -; 7 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 825; Mali-G720 MP7
GPU Frequency: 1150 MHz; 1300 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 128
FLOPS: 2355 GFLOPS; 2329 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: Hexagon NPU; MediaTek NPU 880
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

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; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 4.0

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 320MP
Video Capture: 4K at 60 FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Max Display Resolution: WQHD+; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, 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: 4.2 Gbps; 5.17 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 2.30 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 6.0; 6
Navigation: QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS; NavIC, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS