Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2960MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 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 34.13GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 2960MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)

Released 5 years and 8 months late

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

996

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 +65%

1651

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

2569

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 +165%

6833

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

CPU

1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)

Architecture

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

2960 MHz

Frequency

3250 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv9-A

1 MB

L2 cache

3.5 MB

0

L3 cache

6 MB

7 nm

Process

4 nm

6.7

Transistor count

-

6 W

TDP

-

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 640

GPU name

Mali-G720 MC7

675 MHz

GPU frequency

1400 MHz

2

Execution units

6

384

Shading units

-

16

Max size

24

1.0368 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.1

Vulkan version

1.3

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12.1

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

2133 MHz

Memory frequency

8533 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

34.13 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

136 Gbit/s

AI

-

NPU

MediaTek NPU 880

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 690

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 880

UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1

Storage type

UFS 4.0

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

2960 x 1440

1x 192MP, 2x 22MP

Max camera resolution

1x 320MP

4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

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

X24 LTE, X50 5G

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 20

4G support

-

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 5000 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7900 Mbps

Up to 1240 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 4200 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.1

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Apr 2019

Announced

Dec 2024

Flagship

Class

Flagship

SM8150-AC

Model number

-

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Official page

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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