Dimensity 9400 vs Tensor G4
Dimensity 9400
Winner89#3 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 50%
Within a hair of the 8 Elite with a cooler-running GPU.
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Dimensity 9400 wins by 33 points
Tensor G4
56#6 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 17%
Built for on-device AI, not benchmarks; slowest flagship here by a wide margin.
Overview
Key Differences
Dimensity 9400
- 140% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 6,000 vs 2,500
- 136% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,600,000 vs 1,100,000
- 85% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 8,700 vs 4,700
- 57 points higher Gaming score: 97 vs 40
- ≈ estimated47% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 9.7 vs 6.6
Tensor G4
- ≈ estimated18% lower rated power: 9 W vs 11 W
Review
Dimensity 9400 scores 89 overall to Tensor G4's 56: #3 against #6 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Dimensity 9400 leads on CPU by 46% (89 (estimated) vs 61 (estimated)), Gaming by 143% (97 vs 40) and Battery by 24% (82 (estimated) vs 66 (estimated)).
Dimensity 9400 is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme by 140% (6,000 vs 2,500).
Dimensity 9400 is rated at 11 W (estimated) against 9 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated89 +46%≈ estimated61App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming97 +143%40GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated82 +24%≈ estimated66CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8956
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated9.7 +47%≈ estimated6.6
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated13.6 +45%≈ estimated9.4
- AnTuTu v102,600,000 +136%1,100,000
- Geekbench 6 single-core2,800 +44%1,950
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,700 +85%4,700
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme6,000 +140%2,500
Specs
| Spec | Dimensity 9400 | Tensor G4 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 8 (1× X925 + 3× X4 + 4× A720) | 8 (1× X4 + 3× A720 + 4× A520) |
| Architecture | Arm v9.2 | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 3.62 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU | Immortalis-G925 MC12 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | No |
| NPU | NPU 890 | — |
| TPU | — | Google Edge TPU |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max speed | 10667 MT/s | — |
| Max capacity | 24 GB | — |
| Capacity | — | 12 / 16 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| 5G | Sub-6, 7 Gb/s | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | — |
| Modem | — | Exynos 5400 |
| Satellite SOS | — | Yes |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 11 W (est.) | 9 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | Samsung SF4P |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | October 2024 | August 2024 |
| ISP | Imagiq 1090 | — |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Sold as | — | Part of a device |