Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 vs Dimensity 6400

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 (with Adreno 710 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 6s Gen 4
  • Performs 3.8x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 17.07 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 43%) AnTuTu 11 score – 829K vs 581K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 6400
  • Higher GPU frequency (~6%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
829894
CPU 318469 225859
GPU 114691 46666
Memory 176550 114767
UX 220184 193749
Total score 829894 581041
Samples [10 tests] [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 157.5 MB/sec 102.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 69.4 pages/sec 50.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 111.9 Mpixels/sec 75.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 56.4 images/sec 39.7 images/sec
HDR 91.7 Mpixels/sec 63.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.89 images/sec 5.97 images/sec
Photo processing 26.8 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.35 Mpixels/sec 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 3.39 images/sec 2.05 images/sec
Face detection 1.73 images/sec 1.02 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.15 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 4.34 Gpixels/sec 4.04 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 274.2 FPS 241.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 6 tests 7 tests

3DMark

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

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15769 11379
Video editing score 6291 5148
Data manipulation score 10091 7894
Photo editing score 27293 23774
Writing score 15159 14385
Phones tested Less than 3 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (r3in_ch)AnTuTu 12914617
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (myis)AnTuTu 12937645
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (AndreyXimikUA)AnTuTu 11803108
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (Mihad hassan)AnTuTu 12895184
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-08 -> YuhansnurfwAnTuTu 11871804
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 6s Gen 4 and Dimensity 6400

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 64 KB 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 710 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 1010 MHz 1072 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 256 64
FLOPS 517.1 Gigaflops 137.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 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 12 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 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 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 Snapdragon X62 -
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 October 2025 February 2025
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM6435-AA -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 official site MediaTek Dimensity 6400 official site

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