MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
3630 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
3.5 MB
24 MB
L3 cache
12 MB
8 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
TDP
15 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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1792 KB
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
1200 MHz
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
3.0
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DirectX version
12.1
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
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Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
85.3 Gbit/s
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AI
NPU
MediaTek NPU 890
Hexagon
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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Storage type
UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Oct 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MT6991
SM8850
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,647,012
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
2,874
3,834
Geekbench 6
8,969
12,396
FP32 (float)
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3,686
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.