MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
3250 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
24 MB
L3 cache
6 MB
8 MB
Process
4 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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1792 KB
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G720 MP7
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
3.2
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DirectX version
12
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
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Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
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AI
NPU
MediaTek NPU 880
Hexagon
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
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Storage type
UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
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Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5170 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
6.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
4G support
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LTE Cat. 24
Info
Announced
Dec 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6899, MT6899Z
SM8850
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,623,874
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
1,571
3,834
Geekbench 6
6,033
12,396
FP32 (float)
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3,686
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.