At the Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its flagship processor for Android phones. It brings the 3rd-gen Oryon CPU and the Adreno 840 GPU. That said, how does it stack up against MediaTek's 2024 flagship, the Dimensity 9400? To answer that, we have compared the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Dimensity 9400 on Geekbench and other benchmarks.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9400: Geekbench Score
| Geekbench 6 CPU | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Leaked) | Dimensity 9400 |
| Single-core | 3,831 | 2,195 |
| Multi-core | 11,525 | 6,979 |
In a leaked Geekbench listing, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, running on the Xiaomi 17 Pro, achieved 3,831 points in single-core and 11,515 in multi-core. Meanwhile, MediaTek's Dimensity 9400 scored 2,195 in single-core and 6,979 in multi-core.
Overall, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 delivers about 75% faster performance in single-core tasks and about 65% faster performance in multi-core workloads. Since the Dimensity 9400 packs older Arm Cortex CPU cores with a peak frequency of 3.63GHz, it can't compete with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 which features powerful 3rd-gen Oryon CPU cores.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9400: Specs Comparison
The latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is manufactured on TSMC's improved 3nm (N3P) process node while the Dimensity 9400 is built on TSMC's last-gen 3nm (N3E) node. Both have eight CPU cores, but the 3rd-gen Oryon CPU cores on the 8 Elite Gen 5 are plenty powerful and can reach up to 4.60GHz. In addition, it comes with the Adreno 840 GPU while the Dimensity 9500 packs the Arm Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 GPU.
| Specs | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Dimensity 9400 |
| Process Node | TSMC's 3nm (N3P) | TSMC's 3nm (N3E) |
| CPU | 8-core 3rd-gen Oryon CPU | 8-core Arm Cortex CPU |
| CPU Cores | 2x 3rd-gen Oryon Prime (4.60GHz), 6x 3rd-gen Oryon Performance (3.62GHz) | 1x 3.63 GHz (Cortex-X925), 3x 3.30 GHz (Cortex-X4), 4x 2.40 GHz (Cortex-A720) |
| GPU | Adreno 840 GPU, Up to 1.2GHz | Arm Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 GPU |
| Storage and Memory | UFS 4.1, LPDDR5X memory, Up to 5.3GHz, Up to 10.7 Gbps | UFS 4.0, LPDDR5X memory, Up to 10667 Mbps |
| NPU | New Hexagon NPU | MediaTek NPU 890, Up to 50 TOPS |
| ISP | Qualcomm Spectra 20-bit Triple ISP, Images up to 320 MP, Videos at 4K120FPS | Imagiq 1090, 320MP image, 8K60FPS video capture |
| Modem | Snapdragon X85 5G modem, Up to 12.5 Gbps Peak Download, Up to 3.7 Gbps Peak Upload | MediaTek Release 17 5G Modem (Sub-6GHz only), Up to 7Gbps peak download speed |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, LE, and UWB | Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 |
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