MediaTek Dimensity 9400e: Hands-on benchmark tests confirm performance and efficiency superiority over the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
MediaTek launched the Dimensity 9400e last month as an SoC for performance-focused sub-premium devices. Since then, the Dimensity 9400e has been adopted by the OnePlus Ace 5 Racing Edition, Realme GT 7, and Realme Neo7 Turbo, and has now also been evaluated aboard the OnePlus phone.
As tested by Novice Evaluation, the Dimensity 9400e on the Ace 5 Racing Edition earns a single-core score of 2,322 and a multi-core one of 7,777 on Geekbench 6, narrowly outperforming its closest rivals—the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (2,301/7,421) and Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (2,229/7,303).
That lead grows further in the GPU department, with the Dimensity 9400e hitting 96 FPS on GFXBench's Aztec 1440p test, and recording a score of 5,476 on 3DMark's WildLife Extreme test. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, in comparison, only manages 90 FPS on the GFXBench test and lags on 3DMark with a score of 5,096. More impressively, the Dimensity 9400e does all of that while drawing less power than both the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
While these hands-on benchmark results are slightly worse than MediaTek's marketing figures, the conclusion remains unchanged—the Dimensity 9400e outperforms the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, and rather easily too.
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