Overview - Exynos 1480 Vs Dimensity 9400

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1480 vs Dimensity 9400 SoCs by Samsung 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
Exynos 1480 36
Dimensity 9400 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 1480 25
Dimensity 9400 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 1480 86
Dimensity 9400 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 1480 49
Dimensity 9400 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 1480 Dimensity 9400
CPU 239966 600293
GPU 172430 1194784
Memory 149766 408283
UX 159472 443652
Total score 721634 2647012
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400

  • Dimensity 9400 has 32% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1480 (3630 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 24.00% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1480 (1612 vs 1300 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 66.66% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1480 (5333 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1480 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Dimensity 9400 has 266.81% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1480 (2,647 K vs 722 K ).
  • Dimensity 9400 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1480.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 1480 1180
Dimensity 9400 2876

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 1480 3536
Dimensity 9400 8972

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability 18674%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

68%
Turbo Clock Speed

2750 MHz

90%
Turbo Clock Speed

3630 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

59%
Base Frequency

2400 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.75 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 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name - Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture - Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1612 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - 192
  • FLOPS - 7428 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 3.2
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 12 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 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 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, VP8, 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 - -
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Samsung Exynos 1480

CPU
36%
GPU
25%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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