MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Samsung Exynos 2500

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3250MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs. 10 cores 3200MHz Samsung Exynos 2500 . 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 76.8GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 3200MHz)

Samsung Exynos 2500 Advantages

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)

Score

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

VS

Samsung Exynos 2500

CPU

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

Architecture

1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520

3250 MHz

Frequency

3200 MHz

8

Cores

10

ARMv9-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

3.5 MB

L2 cache

-

6 MB

L3 cache

-

4 nm

Process

3 nm

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G720 MC7

GPU name

-

1400 MHz

GPU frequency

-

6

Execution units

-

24

Max size

24

1.3

Vulkan version

-

2.0

OpenCL version

-

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5T

8533 MHz

Memory frequency

4800 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

136 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

76.8 Gbit/s

AI

MediaTek NPU 880

NPU

-

Multimedia (ISP)

MediaTek NPU 880

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

UFS 4.0

Storage type

UFS 4.0

2960 x 1440

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 320MP

Max camera resolution

-

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1

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

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

-

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 7900 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 4200 Mbps

Upload speed

-

6

Wi-Fi

7

5.4

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

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

Info

Dec 2024

Announced

Jan 2025

Flagship

Class

Flagship

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Official page

-

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