Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Mediatek Dimensity 8100

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Dimensity 8100 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Mediatek respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Dimensity 9000 Plus
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 12.28% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (3200 vs 2850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 41.81 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8100 (1147 K vs 809 K).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8100.
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 17.19 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 8100 ( 60 vs 51.2 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 8100
  • Dimensity 8100 has 70.67 % higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9000 Plus ( 6400 vs 3750 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 291317 204875
GPU 430867 311503
Memory 218270 130636
UX 206140 161518
Total score 1146594 808532

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 86% 94%
Graphics test 51 FPS 34 FPS
Score 8685 5620

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9000 Plus and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2850MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1024 KB -
L2 cache 3.5 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G710 MC10 Mali-G610 MC6
Architecture Valhall 3 Valhall 2
GPU frequency - 912 MHz
Pipelines 10 6
Shading units 512 -
Total shaders 1024 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes APU 580 (multi-core)

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB -

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem - R16-ready 5G modem
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced July 2022 March 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - MT6895Z/TCZA
Official page Dimensity 9000 Plus official site Dimensity 8100 official site