We compared the Mediatek Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoCs. The Dimensity 9400 comes with an octa-core CPU, paired with the Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 GPU. On the other hand, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 features an octa-core CPU and paired with the Adreno 830 GPU. We also compared their AnTuTu and Geekbench benchmark scores.
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen3
CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720 | 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3630MHz | 3300MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 3.5 MB | – |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| TDP | 15 W | 6W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th Gen | Adreno 700 |
| GPU Frequency | 1612 MHz | 903 MHz |
| Execution units | – | 2 |
| Shading Units | 128 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 4.95 TFLOPS | 2.77 TFLOPS |
| VulkanVersion | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL Version | 3 | 3 |
| DirectX Version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 | 4x 16 |
| Max Bandwidth | 58.3 Gbit/s | 77 GB/S |
| Max RAM Size | 24GB | 24GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
AI
| Neural Process | MediaTek NPU 890 | Hexagon |
ISP
| Max Camera Resolution | 1×320 MP | 1×200 MP |
| Max Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Video Capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| video Codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
| video Playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-ACCv1, HE-ACCv2, MP3, | AAC,AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | – | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | – | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | – | Up to 3.5 Gbps |
| WiFi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | Oct-24 | Oct-23 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | MT6991 | SM88650-AB |
Key Differences
Main differences between both SoCs
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 (Pros)
- 10% Higher CPU Clock Speed (3.36 GHz vs 3.3 GHz)
- Newer manufacturing node (3nm compared to 4nm)
- It has a higher memory frequency (5.3 GHz compared to 4.8 GHz)
- 44% Higher GPU Clock Speed (1.62 GHz vs 0.90 GHz)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (Pros)
- Better memory bandwidth (77GB/s compared to 58.3GB/s)
Performance Scores
Scores normalized against the highest known scores in each category.CPU Performance
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
88
Snapdragon 8Gen 3
70
GPU Performance
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
99
Snapdragon 8Gen 3
70
Total Score
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
92
Snapdragon 8Gen 3
70
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu tests CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance.MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2,701,078
+35%
Snapdragon 8Gen 3
2,004,883
| CPU | 595,763 | 438,192 |
| GPU | 1,186,159 | 842,779 |
| MEM | 458,668 | 402,966 |
| UX | 460,488 | 320,946 |
| TOTAL | 2,701,078 | 2,004,883 |
Geekbench 6
Geekbench measures CPU performance in single-core and multi-core scenarios.Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
+23%
2,805
Snapdragon 8Gen 3
2,283
Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
+13%
8,037
Snapdragon 8Gen 3
7,109
| Single-Core | 2,805 | 2,283 |
| Multi-Core | 8,037 | 7,109 |