Overview - Snapdragon 480 Plus Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 480 Plus vs Dimensity 9400 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. 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
Snapdragon 480 Plus 16
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 480 Plus 11
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 480 Plus 33
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 480 Plus Dimensity 9400
CPU 103367 600293
GPU 83956 1194784
Memory 61234 408283
UX 96732 443652
Total score 345289 2647012
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 65% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (3630 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 95.39% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (1612 vs 825 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 150.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 480 Plus (5333 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 62.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 480 Plus (3 vs 8 nm).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 666.61% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2,647 K vs 345 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 505
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637
Dimensity 9400 8972

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 5 FPS
Stability 18674%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (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 - ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 8 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 3 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 825 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 128 192
  • 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 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 MediaTek NPU 890
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, 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 Snapdragon X51 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 2500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 800 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 1500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed 210 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

CPU
16%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Snapdragon 480 Plus and Dimensity 9400?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Dimensity 9400 with a 65.00% higher clock speed (3630 MHz vs 2200 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 480 Plus and Dimensity 9400?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Dimensity 9400 with a 95.39% higher GPU clock speed (1612 MHz vs 825 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 480 Plus and Dimensity 9400?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Dimensity 9400 with a 150.02% higher memory frequency (5333 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 480 Plus and Dimensity 9400?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Dimensity 9400 with a 62.5% smaller transistor size (3 nm vs 8 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 480 Plus and Dimensity 9400?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Dimensity 9400 with a 666.61% better score (2647012 vs 345289).