Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Dimensity 9400 SoCs by Mediatek. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 1080 23
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 17
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 40
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Dimensity 9400
CPU 143941 600293
GPU 140125 1194784
Memory 96692 408283
UX 136066 443652
Total score 516824 2647012
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 39.62% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (3630 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 69.68% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (1612 vs 950 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 66.66% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1080 (5333 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 412.17% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (2,647 K vs 517 K ).
  • Dimensity 9400 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1080.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Dimensity 9400 8972

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 18674%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
    3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units 5 -
  • Shading units 64 192
  • FLOPS - 7428 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.2
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 27 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 MediaTek NPU 890
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
23%
GPU
17%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

CPU
91%
GPU
94%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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