Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is riding high atop the perks of a custom core tech, but MediaTek's Dimensity 9400 is also mouting an impressive challenge.
The flagship mobile silicon race has entered its next phase, one that will dictate the trajectory of Android hardware heading into 2025. Merely weeks after MediaTek wowed us with the Dimensity 9400 system on a chip , Qualcomm also pulled a surprise with the reveal of the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400: Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400: CPU With the Snapdragon 8 Elite, Qualcomm is going with a 2+6 core cluster format, with the first two being prime cores while the other six are performance cores. Notably, there are no efficiency cores on the latest Qualcomm flagship silicon, while each cluster brings an impressive 12MB L2 cache.
In fact, the gains across the board represent the most dramatic shift we’ve seen in years. The prime Oryon core, which promises an impressive peak frequency of 4.32 GHz, spearheads a massive 45% boost in raw CPU firepower compared to its predecessor. Next, we have a cluster of three Arm Cortex-X4 performance cores, sitting alongside four Arm Cortex-A720 cores. Collectively, they have helped raise the multi-core output on the Dimensity 9400 SoC by 28%.
“Arm staff we spoke to want to see 80% to 90%of AI inference running on the CPU cores,” notes The Register, adding that the Armv9.2 Cortex cores natively offer AI acceleration at the CPU level owing to the instruction sets baked at their heart. Qualcomm claims that at AAA gaming, we are looking at up to 40% higher performance and a 40% gain in energy efficiency. The Snapdragon 8 Elite also marks the first time that an Adreno graphics engine is gaining support for Unreal Engine 5.3 Nanite and Unreal’s Chaos Physics Engine.
With the Dimensity 9400, MediaTek is claiming a 41% jump in raw graphics performance, while simultaneously achieving a 44% boost in power efficiency. The company, which was among the first to tout hardware-accelerated ray tracing for mobile devices, says ray-tracing output has also seen a 10% gain. The end result is a deeper understanding of objects in the frame, which opens the doors to improved algorithmic processing to achieve more accurate and detailed images. Other capabilities include ultra-lowlight video capture and 1080p slo-mo video capture at 480 fps frame rate.
Another notable capability is generative AI super zoom, which entails the usage of AI to enhance the quality of long-range shots using intelligent pixel prediction and fill. The new Gen-AI Super Zoom tech will be able to weave its magic in photos at up to 100x magnification level. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400: AI The next major avenue for the smartphone battle is AI, or more specifically AI-driven experiences. Qualcomm’s multimodal AI engine was already capable of processing inputs in multiple formats, but now it can understand the world around it, seen through a phone’s camera.
On the AI side of things, Qualcomm is also taking care of the authenticity situation. It’s no secret that social media has already been flooded with AI imagery, and in a healthy bunch of scenarios, they serve a misleading purpose instead of bolstering creative expression. The in-house NPU aboard the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 is the company’s 8th-generation model, and it is claimed to deliver an impressive 80% performance gain in large language model prompt performance. Tagging alongside the jump in performance is a 35% increase in the efficiency figures.
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