Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Samsung Exynos 1580

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 38
Different values 28
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 1580 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Samsung Exynos 1580
Architecture 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz - Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz - Cortex-A725 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 3250 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 4 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Samsung Exynos 1580
L2 cache 1 MB Not available
L3 cache 6 MB Not available
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 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Samsung Exynos 1580
GPU Mali-G720 MP7 Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU architecture Valhall 5th gen Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU clock 1300 MHz Not available
Shaders 896 Not available
FLOPS 2329.6 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.2 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek NPU 880 Yes

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Samsung Exynos 1580
Maximum display resolution Not available 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
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

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Samsung Exynos 1580
4G Not available LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 Mbps Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400Samsung Exynos 1580
Release December 2024 October 2024
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number MT6899, MT6899Z S5E8855
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

5G
Realme GT 7T
Realme

Realme GT 7T

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED, 120 Hz, 1280 × 2800 pixels (6.80 inch…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 7000 mAh
5G
Realme Neo7 SE
Realme

Realme Neo7 SE

3.6
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz (6.78 inches)
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7000 mAh
5G
Redmi Turbo 4
Redmi

Redmi Turbo 4

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 68.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6550 mAh

Samsung Exynos 1580

5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A56

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh