Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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CPU A

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

8 cores 3250 MHz 4 nanometers Mali-G720 MP7

CPU B

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 730

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Quick factual highlights

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8400	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture	1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz - Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz - Cortex-A725	1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores	8	8
Clock speed	3250 MHz	3200 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv9-A	ARMv9-A
Process technology	4 nanometers	4 nanometers

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8400	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
L2 cache	1 MB	Not available
L3 cache	6 MB	6 MB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bus	4x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	68.2 Gbit/s	51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	24 GB	24 GB

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8400	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
GPU	Mali-G720 MP7	Adreno 730
GPU architecture	Valhall 5th gen	Adreno 700
GPU clock	1300 MHz	900 MHz
Shaders	896	Not available
FLOPS	2329.6 Gigaflops	Not available
Vulkan	1.3	1.1
OpenCL	3.2	2.0
DirectX	12	12
Neural processor / NPU	MediaTek NPU 880	Hexagon

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8400	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Maximum display resolution	Not available	3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP	1x 200MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs	- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9	H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs	- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8400	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4G	Not available	LTE Cat. 24
5G	Yes	Yes
Download speed	Up to 5170 Mbps	Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed	Not available	Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	6
Bluetooth	6.0	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8400	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Release	December 2024	May 2022
Class	Mid range	Flagship
Model number	MT6899, MT6899Z	Not available
Storage support	UFS 4.0	UFS 3.1
Devices in database	Not available	56