Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2840MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs. 8 cores 3250MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8400 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 8400 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.3296 TFLOPS vs 0.8985 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (68.2GB/s vs 34.13GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 2840MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Released 6 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
592031
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
+174%
1623874
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
0.898 TFLOPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
+159%
2.329 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
2840 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
1 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
0
L3 cache
6 MB
7 nm
Process
4 nm
6.7
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 640
GPU name
Mali-G720 MP7
585 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
2
Execution units
6
384
Shading units
128
16
Max size
24
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.3296 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
3.2
12.1
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.13 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
MediaTek NPU 880
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
X24 LTE, X50 5G
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5170 Mbps
Up to 1240 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Dec 2018
Announced
Dec 2024
Flagship
Class
Mid range
SM8150
Model number
MT6899, MT6899Z
