Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 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 1200 29
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 24
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 44
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Dimensity 9400
CPU 170589 600293
GPU 233643 1194784
Memory 118786 408283
UX 145445 443652
Total score 668463 2647012
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 21% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (3630 vs 3000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 89.65% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (1612 vs 850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 25.01% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1200 (5333 vs 4266 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1200 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 295.98% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1200 (2,647 K vs 668 K ).
  • Dimensity 9400 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Dimensity 9400 8972

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Dimensity 9400

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Dimensity 9400

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Dimensity 9400

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Dimensity 9400

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Dimensity 9400

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Dimensity 9400

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Dimensity 9400

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 18674%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 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 32 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.32 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units 9 -
  • Shading units 144 192
  • 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 4266 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek NPU 890
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 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 AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 1600 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1200

CPU
29%
GPU
24%
Memory
50%
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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