Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 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 8100 35
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 30
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 49
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Dimensity 9400
CPU 204875 600293
GPU 311503 1194784
Memory 130636 408283
UX 161518 443652
Total score 808532 2647012
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 20.01% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9400 (6400 vs 5333 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 27.37% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (3630 vs 2850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 76.75% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (1612 vs 912 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 40% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (3 vs 5 nm).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 227.38% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8100 (2,647 K vs 809 K ).
  • Dimensity 9400 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8100.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Dimensity 9400 8972

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 18674%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

71%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 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 - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units - 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 6400 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size - 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) MediaTek NPU 890
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 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 8100

CPU
35%
GPU
30%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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