Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 vs Dimensity 6400

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (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 7s Gen 2
  • Performs 3.5x 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 better (up to 37%) AnTuTu 11 score – 798K vs 581K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 6400
  • Higher GPU frequency (~14%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
798429
CPU 312937 225859
GPU 73407 46666
Memory 196121 114767
UX 215964 193749
Total score 798429 581041
Samples [64 tests] [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 142.2 MB/sec 102.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 59.1 pages/sec 50.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 98.4 Mpixels/sec 75.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 54 images/sec 39.7 images/sec
HDR 89.4 Mpixels/sec 63.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.3 images/sec 5.97 images/sec
Photo processing 21.8 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.91 Mpixels/sec 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Samples 33 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 3.18 images/sec 2.05 images/sec
Face detection 1.57 images/sec 1.02 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 7.14 Gpixels/sec 4.04 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 194.1 FPS 241.3 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 23 tests 7 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 254 148
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 792 -
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 4 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13631 11379
Video editing score 6946 5148
Data manipulation score 11507 7894
Photo editing score 24734 23774
Writing score 13590 14385
Phones tested 11 models 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Feroz)AnTuTu 11829762
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 (Hi)AnTuTu 11832664
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Lufus)AnTuTu 11814803
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (Rikirin)AnTuTu 11838860
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (Solo)AnTuTu 11848362
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
DateBenchmarkResult
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-22 (Gargle)AnTuTu 11550018

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and Dimensity 6400

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.95 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 - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 710 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 940 MHz 1072 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 256 64
FLOPS 481.3 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) Yes 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 2560 x 1600 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 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 5.2 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2023 February 2025
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM7435-AB -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site MediaTek Dimensity 6400 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 -

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