Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 takes the lead in gaming performance with a significantly higher score of 96, thanks to its Adreno 840 graphics.
Both the MediaTek Dimensity 9400e and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 deliver excellent battery life, with the Qualcomm model edging out by just 1 point.
Since AI performance scores are unavailable for both products, we cannot declare a winner in this use case.
82 | CPU Performance | 99 |
64 | Gaming Performance | 96 |
91 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 4 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | GPU Model | Adreno 840 |
| MediaTek NPU 790 | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 2474831 | Apple A19 | 3932243 |
| 731186 | CPU | 1143736 |
| 820253 | GPU | 1439012 |
| 341155 | Memory | 409747 |
| 582237 | UX | 939748 |
| 2474831 | Total score | 3932243 |
| 2233 | Single-Core Score | 3607 |
| 7478 | Multi-Core Score | 10732 |
| 305.9 MB/sec | Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec |
| 220.6 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec |
| 282.3 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 163.9 images/sec | Image detection | 330.6 images/sec |
| 222.6 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 26.8 images/sec | Background blur | 40.7 images/sec |
| 55.3 images/sec | Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec |
| 7.83 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 4 tests | Samples | 41 tests |
| 15981 | Compute Score (GPU) | 27343 |
| 28.2 images/sec | Background blur | 51.9 images/sec |
| 14.6 images/sec | Face detection | 24.9 images/sec |
| 0.68 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.07 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.84 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.2 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| 30.1 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| 3105.4 FPS | Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 3 tests | Samples | 26 tests |
| 1916 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 2736 |
| 1916 | Score | 2736 |
| 59% | Stability | 78% |
| 14 FPS | Graphics test | 20 FPS |
| 8016 | 3DMark Solar Bay | 12201 |
| 8016 | Score | 12201 |
| 30 FPS | Graphics test | 46 FPS |
| 33 FPS | Section 1 | 53 FPS |
| 31 FPS | Section 2 | 46 FPS |
| 27 FPS | Section 3 | 39 FPS |
| 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720 | Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 3400 MHz | Frequency | 4610 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| — | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| — | L2 cache | 12 MB |
| 4 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 4800 MHz | Memory frequency | 5300 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 76.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| — | Modem | Snapdragon X85 |
| — | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 7300 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| — | Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0 | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| MediaTek NPU 790 | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| May 2025 | Announced | September 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| — | Model number | SM8850-AC |
| Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | GPU name | Adreno 840 |
| 5th gen | Architecture | Adreno 800 |
| 1300 MHz | GPU frequency | 1200 MHz |
| 12 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 128 | Shading units | 512 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 3993.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 3686.4 Gigaflops |