Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Dimensity 8400
The two chips behind most flagship killers of 2025
Overview
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Process: 4nm
Announced: Apr 2025
Dimensity 8400
Process: 4nm
Announced: Dec 2024
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v11
8s Gen 4
22,58,503
D8400
19,61,174
Geekbench 6 Single
8s Gen 4
2,062
D8400
1,609
Geekbench 6 Multi
8s Gen 4
6,402
D8400
6,327
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
8s Gen 4
4,476
D8400
4,203
Scores from the Poco F7 (Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) and the Xiaomi 15T (Dimensity 8400), run on retail units.
At A Glance | ||
| Specification | 8s Gen 4  | D8400  |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qualcomm | MediaTek |
| Announced | Apr 2025 | Dec 2024 |
| Process node | 4nmTSMC 4nm | 4nm |
| Found in | Nothing Phone (3)Poco F7, Redmi Turbo 4 Pro | vivo iQOO Z10 TurboPoco X7 Pro, Redmi Turbo 4 |
CPU | ||
| Layout | 1 prime + 7 performance1 + 3 + 2 + 2 clusters | 1 + 3 + 4All big core |
| Cores | 1x Cortex-X47x Cortex-A720 | 8x Cortex-A7251x 3.25GHz, 3x 3.0GHz, 4x 2.1GHz |
| Peak clock | 3.2GHz3x 3.0GHz, 2x 2.8GHz, 2x 2.0GHz | 3.25GHz |
GPU and gaming | ||
| GPU | Adreno 825Sliced architecture | Mali-G720 MC7 |
| Ray tracing | HardwareWith global illumination | Hardware |
| Graphics APIs | OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0 FP | Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 |
| Gaming features | Full Snapdragon Elite Gaming suiteGame Super Resolution 2.0, Frame Motion Engine 2.0, Adaptive Performance Engine | MediaTek HyperEngineMAGT 3.0, MFRC, NOS |
AI and NPU | ||
| NPU | Hexagon NPUScalar, vector and tensor accelerators | MediaTek NPU 8808th-gen NPU |
| Precision | INT4, INT8 | Mixed-precision INT4 |
Memory and storage | ||
| Memory | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 9600MT/s4800MHz | 8533MT/s |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0With MCQ |
Camera and ISP | ||
| ISP | Spectra triple 18-bit AI ISP | Imagiq 1080 |
| Max sensor | 320MP108MP single, 36MP triple at 30fps with ZSL | 320MP3x 32MP at 30fps |
| Video capture | 4K at 60fpsHDR, 10-bit | 4K at 60fpsHDR |
| Triple camera | 3x 36MP at 30fpsWith ZSL | 3x 32MP at 30fps |
Display and video | ||
| On-device display | WQHD+ at 144Hz | WQHD+ at 144HzDual screen support |
| Video decode | AV1, H.265, VP9 | AV1, H.265, VP9, H.2644K at 60fps |
Cellular | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon 5G Modem-RF SystemIntegrated, sub-6GHz 4x4 MIMO | Integrated 5G-A modemSub-6GHz, 3CC-CA, DSDA |
| Peak download | 4.2Gbps | 5.17Gbps3CC-CA |
| mmWave | Not supportedSub-6GHz only | Not supportedSub-6GHz only |
| 3GPP release | Release 17 | Release 16 |
| Satellite | Not supported | Not supported |
| Downlink config | 4x4 MIMO, 230MHz, 256QAMSub-6GHz | 3CC up to 220MHz4x4 MIMO on low band |
| Multi-SIM | DSDA5G+5G and 5G+4G | DSDA5G/4G |
Wi-Fi and connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7320MHz channels, HBS Multi-Link | Wi-Fi 6E2T2R |
| Bluetooth | 6.0LE Audio, Channel Sounding, dual antennas | 5.4 |
| UWB | Not supported | Not supported |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavICTriple frequency (L1, L2C, L5) | GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavICGPS L1CA+L5+L1C, BeiDou B1I+B1C+B2a, Galileo E1+E5a, QZSS L1CA+L5, NavIC L5 |
| Wi-Fi antenna | 2x22-stream | 2T2R |
Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-10-20