Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Dimensity 6400

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (with Adreno 810 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 6400 (Mali-G57 MP2). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
  • Performs 4.3x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 68%) AnTuTu 11 score – 975K vs 581K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 17.07 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Higher GPU frequency (~7%)
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 6400
  • 9% higher CPU clock speed (2500 vs 2300 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
975254
CPU 366806 225859
GPU 163024 46666
Memory 196787 114767
UX 248637 193749
Total score 975254 581041
Samples [97 tests] [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 148.6 MB/sec 102.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 85 pages/sec 50.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 108.6 Mpixels/sec 75.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 58.8 images/sec 39.7 images/sec
HDR 91.4 Mpixels/sec 63.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.9 images/sec 5.97 images/sec
Photo processing 27.8 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.14 Mpixels/sec 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Samples 17 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 7.28 images/sec 2.05 images/sec
Face detection 3.56 images/sec 1.02 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 14.9 Gpixels/sec 4.04 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 543.9 FPS 241.3 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 12 tests 7 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 352 148
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10662 11379
Video editing score 6264 5148
Data manipulation score 9333 7894
Photo editing score 19358 23774
Writing score 13830 14385
Phones tested 3 models 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 (KIR4K)AnTuTu 12941587
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (BatheanThe_)AnTuTu 11912468
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Kk)AnTuTu 11866729
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (Raf Hakobyan)AnTuTu 11973945
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (Raf Hakobyan)CPU Throttle100%
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Takno pova slim 5g πŸ˜ƒ)AnTuTu 12726622
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 (biszkopt875)AnTuTu 11607352
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (zimz tecno spark 50 5g)AnTuTu 11568135
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-30 -> NexxG96AnTuTu 11581041
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (Arnab)AnTuTu 11613165

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and Dimensity 6400

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2300 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 810 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 1072 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 256 64
FLOPS 588.8 Gigaflops 137.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 17.07 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Qualcomm X62 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 3300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced February 2025 February 2025
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM6650 -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 official site MediaTek Dimensity 6400 official site

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Dev March 11, 2025 at 03:19 PM
Dimensity 6400 alloted on Realme P3X, 6 Gen 4 alloted on Realme P3.
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Mugika February 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Same year and Month announcement, but lack on core design, fabrication size, GPU core, Ram, ISP and Modem, WTH is this??
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