Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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CPU A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 730

CPU B

8 cores 3250 MHz 4 nanometers Mali-G720 MP7

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Different values 30

Quick factual highlights

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

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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

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

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

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

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

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