Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs Samsung Exynos 1580

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

Compared fields 37
Different values 31
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Samsung Exynos 1580 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Samsung Exynos 1580
Architecture 1x 3.63 GHz - Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A720 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 3630 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 3 nanometers 4 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Samsung Exynos 1580
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 5333 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Samsung Exynos 1580
GPU Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU architecture Valhall 5th gen Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU clock 1612 MHz Not available
Shaders 128 Not available
FLOPS 4952.1 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek NPU 890 Yes

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Samsung Exynos 1580
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 9400Samsung Exynos 1580
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9400Samsung Exynos 1580
Release October 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number MT6991 S5E8855
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

5G
Oppo Find X8s
Oppo

Oppo Find X8s

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1216 × 2640…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5700 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X8 Pro
Oppo

Oppo Find X8 Pro

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2780…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 5910 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X8
Oppo

Oppo Find X8

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1256 × 2760…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5630 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