Exynos 2400 vs Dimensity 9400

We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2400 (Samsung Xclipse 940) with the newer 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9400 (Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12) SoC. 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 Samsung Exynos 2400
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 2400
  • Higher GPU frequency (~47%)
  • Performs 45% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 38%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2825K vs 2046K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
  • Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 68.2 GB/s)
  • 13% higher CPU clock speed (3620 vs 3210 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
2046435
2825187
CPU 698933 900074
GPU 637772 972096
Memory 301201 345330
UX 408529 607687
Total score 2046435 2825187
Samples [93 tests] [72 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
2797
Multi-Core Score
8767
Asset compression 285.5 MB/sec 344.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 167.2 pages/sec 251 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 165.6 Mpixels/sec 258.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 168.2 images/sec 209.7 images/sec
HDR 207.3 Mpixels/sec 267.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 25.3 images/sec 30.9 images/sec
Photo processing 63.9 images/sec 84.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.73 Mpixels/sec 9.3 Mpixels/sec
Samples 38 tests 22 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
16273
21574
Background blur 28.2 images/sec 43 images/sec
Face detection 15 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.6 Gpixels/sec 0.78 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.51 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.84 Gpixels/sec 1.71 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 77.8 Gpixels/sec 73.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2872.5 FPS 3456.3 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 29 tests 17 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2371
Score 1769 2371
Stability 67% 61%
Graphics test 13 FPS 18 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
10747
Score 8302 10747
Graphics test 32 FPS 41 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 46 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 42 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 36 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
6272
Score 3812 6272
Stability 57% -
Graphics test 22 FPS 37 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
17172
Web score 16695 14420
Video editing score 8032 6211
Data manipulation score 14884 16192
Photo editing score 35055 30985
Writing score 21619 19569
Phones tested 3 models 6 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (matthew ajero)AnTuTu 122377317
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Rakson)AnTuTu 122303953
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Halil)AnTuTu 122426875
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr)AnTuTu 122245977
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22AnTuTu 122321618
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Samsepi0l)AnTuTu 112762129
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Samsepi0l)AnTuTu 123000192
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Samsepi0l)AnTuTu 123000192
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 -> BronelliantAnTuTu 122833803
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (AZA_KEN)AnTuTu 112765026

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2400 and Dimensity 9400

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 3.62 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 3210 MHz 3620 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 940 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture RDNA 3 Valhall 5th gen
GPU frequency 1095 MHz 1612 MHz
Pipelines 6 12
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 768 1536
FLOPS 3406.8 Gigaflops 4952.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek NPU 890
NPU theoretical performance - 50 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5400 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 12100 Mbps Up to 7300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9945 MT6991, MT6991Z/CZA, MT6991W/CZA
Official page Samsung Exynos 2400 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9400 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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