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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Qualcomm

Flagship
VS
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
MediaTek Dimensity 8450

MediaTek

Upper Mid-range

Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 comes out ahead.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 7 wins
MediaTek Dimensity 8450 1 win

I put the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 runs the Adreno 825 while the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 runs the Mali-G720 MP7. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.

Where each chip wins

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

7 advantages

  • 15% higher AnTuTu score

    23.14 Lakhs vs 20.17 Lakhs

  • 5% faster Geekbench multi-core score

    6,511 vs 6,217

  • 30% faster Geekbench single-core score

    2,073 vs 1,598

  • Larger L3 cache

    8 MB vs 6 MB

  • Higher GPU FLOPS

    2355 GFLOPS vs 2329 GFLOPS

  • 534 MHz higher RAM speed

    4800 MHz vs 4266 MHz

  • Newer storage standard

    UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

1 advantage

  • 50 MHz higher CPU clock

    3250 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Benchmark charts

AnTuTu v11 Total

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +15% faster 23,14,089
MediaTek Dimensity 8450 20,16,572

Geekbench Single-Core

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +30% faster 2,073
MediaTek Dimensity 8450 1,598

Geekbench Multi-Core

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +5% faster 6,511
MediaTek Dimensity 8450 6,217

Specifications Comparison

Here is how the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
MediaTek 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
Links
Official page Visit Visit

Benchmark results

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
AnTuTu v11
Total 23,14,089 20,16,572
CPU 6,98,018 6,56,057
GPU 7,98,999 6,41,057
Memory 3,16,914 2,56,365
UX 5,00,158 4,62,908
Geekbench
Single-Core 2,073 1,598
Multi-Core 6,511 6,217

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 MediaTek Dimensity 8450
CPU Score
75
68
GPU Score
84
76
Memory Score
96
90
Total Score
85
78

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