Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and MediaTek Dimensity 8400 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Summary

Release Date

Nov, 2025

Dec, 2024

CPU

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Octa core

(3.25 GHz, Single Core + 3 GHz, Tri core + 2.1 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 829

Mali-G720 MC7

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,098,258

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N/A

Geekbench Score

2,889/9,583

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N/A

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400 N/A

CPU

951,159

N/A

GPU

1,064,381

N/A

Memory

506,796

N/A

575,922

N/A

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400 N/A

Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400 N/A

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Model No

SM8845

MT6899

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Octa core (3.25 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

12 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

6 MB

GPU

Adreno 829

Mali-G720 MC7

GPU Clock speed

1.225 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

128

Total Shaders

1024

896

FLOPS

2508.8 Gigaflops

2329.6 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

12.0

AI

NPU

Hexagon

N/A

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

4.266 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

68.2 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 480 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2540

QHD+

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

144 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X80

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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