Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 44GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 3200MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

1151

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 +43%

1651

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

3336

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 +104%

6833

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

CPU

1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)

Architecture

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

3200 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

10.3

Transistor count

-

6 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 650

GPU name

Mali-G720 MC7

670 MHz

GPU frequency

1400 MHz

2

Execution units

6

512

Shading units

-

16

Max size

24

1.3721 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.1

Vulkan version

1.3

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12.1

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR5X

2750 MHz

Memory frequency

8533 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

44 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

136 Gbit/s

AI

-

NPU

MediaTek NPU 880

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 698

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 200MP, 2x 25MP

Max camera resolution

1x 320MP

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

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

X55

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 22

4G support

-

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 7500 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7900 Mbps

Up to 3000 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 4200 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.2

Bluetooth

5.4

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

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Jan 2021

Announced

Dec 2024

Flagship

Class

Flagship

SM8250-AC

Model number

-

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Official page

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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