MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3250MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs. 8 cores 3100MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (136GB/s vs 44GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 3100MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)

Released 4 years and 5 months late

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 +41%

1651

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

1163

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 +106%

6833

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

3306

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

CPU

1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725

Architecture

1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)

3250 MHz

Frequency

3100 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv9-A

Instruction set

ARMv8.2-A

3.5 MB

L2 cache

1 MB

6 MB

L3 cache

0

4 nm

Process

7 nm

-

Transistor count

10.3

-

TDP

5 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G720 MC7

GPU name

Adreno 650

1400 MHz

GPU frequency

670 MHz

6

Execution units

2

-

Shading units

512

24

Max size

16

-

FLOPS

1.3721 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.1

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

-

DirectX version

12.1

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5

8533 MHz

Memory frequency

2750 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

136 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

44 Gbit/s

AI

MediaTek NPU 880

NPU

-

Multimedia (ISP)

MediaTek NPU 880

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 698

UFS 4.0

Storage type

UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1

2960 x 1440

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 320MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X55

Connectivity

-

4G support

LTE Cat. 22

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 7900 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 4200 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.4

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Dec 2024

Announced

Jul 2020

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

SM8250-AB

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

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