Dimensity 9400 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite
Dimensity 9400
89#3 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 50%
Within a hair of the 8 Elite with a cooler-running GPU.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite wins by 4 points
Snapdragon 8 Elite
Winner93#1 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 17%
Highest AnTuTu and GPU on Android; runs hot in thin phones.
Overview
Key Differences
Dimensity 9400
- ≈ estimated8% lower rated power: 11 W vs 12 W
Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 15% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 10,000 vs 8,700
- 14% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,200 vs 2,800
- ≈ estimated7% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 14.5 vs 13.6
- ≈ estimated6% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.3 vs 9.7
- ≈ estimated6 points higher CPU score: 95 vs 89
Review
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 93 overall to Dimensity 9400's 89: #1 against #3 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Snapdragon 8 Elite leads on CPU by 7% (95 (estimated) vs 89 (estimated)), Gaming by 3% (100 vs 97) and Battery by 2% (84 (estimated) vs 82 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 multi-core by 15% (10,000 vs 8,700).
Dimensity 9400 is rated at 11 W (estimated) against 12 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated89≈ estimated95 +7%App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming97100 +3%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated82≈ estimated84 +2%CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8993
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated9.7≈ estimated10.3 +6%
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated13.6≈ estimated14.5 +7%
- AnTuTu v102,600,0002,700,000 +4%
- Geekbench 6 single-core2,8003,200 +14%
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,70010,000 +15%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme6,0006,200 +3%
Specs
| Spec | Dimensity 9400 | Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 8 (1× X925 + 3× X4 + 4× A720) | 8 (2 Prime + 6 Performance) |
| Architecture | Arm v9.2 | Oryon (2nd gen) |
| Max clock | 3.62 GHz | 4.32 GHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | — |
| L2 cache | — | 12 MB + 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU | Immortalis-G925 MC12 | Adreno 830 |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| NPU | NPU 890 | Hexagon |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max speed | 10667 MT/s | 10667 MT/s |
| Max capacity | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| 5G | Sub-6, 7 Gb/s | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Modem | — | Snapdragon X80 |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 11 W (est.) | 12 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | TSMC N3E |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | October 2024 | October 2024 |
| ISP | Imagiq 1090 | Triple 20-bit Spectra |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |