Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 1400MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs. 8 cores 3250MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8400 . 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 5.34GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 1400MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 28nm)

Released 8 years and 10 months late

Score

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

CPU

4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53

Architecture

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

1400 MHz

Frequency

3250 MHz

4

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv9-A

-

L2 cache

3.5 MB

-

L3 cache

6 MB

28 nm

Process

4 nm

1

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

-

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 308

GPU name

Mali-G720 MC7

500 MHz

GPU frequency

1400 MHz

1

Execution units

6

24

Shading units

-

4

Max size

24

0.024 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.0

Vulkan version

1.3

1.2

OpenCL version

2.0

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR3

Memory type

LPDDR5X

667 MHz

Memory frequency

8533 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

5.34 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

136 Gbit/s

AI

-

NPU

MediaTek NPU 880

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 536

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 880

eMMC 5.1

Storage type

UFS 4.0

1280 x 800

Max display resolution

2960 x 1440

1x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 320MP

1K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS

1080p at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

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

X6

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 5

4G support

-

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 150 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7900 Mbps

Up to 75 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 4200 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

6

4.1

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Feb 2016

Announced

Dec 2024

Low end

Class

Flagship

MSM8917

Model number

-

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

Official page

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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