Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Frequency
3800 MHz
3250 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9-A
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 cache
-
1 MB
L3 cache
-
6 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 829
Mali-G720 MP7
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1300 MHz
Shading units
512
128
Vulkan version
1.4
1.3
OpenCL version
3.0
3.2
DirectX version
12.1
12
Execution units
-
6

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
68.2 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
MediaTek NPU 880

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 320MP, 3x 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- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Neural processor (NPU)
-
MediaTek NPU 880

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2025
Dec 2024
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8845
MT6899, MT6899Z
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
1,623,874
Geekbench 6
2,749
1,571
Geekbench 6
9,860
6,033
FP32 (float)
2,457
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