Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Dimensity 9000 Plus and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoCs, brought to you by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
Review
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
Pros of Dimensity 9000 Plus
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 17.19% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (3750 vs 3200 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 191.46 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (1147 K vs 393 K).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 172.73 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 ( 60 vs 22 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 105049 |
| GPU | 430867 | 110865 |
| Memory | 218270 | 90267 |
| UX | 206140 | 87211 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 393392 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | - |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | - |
| Score | 8685 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9000 Plus and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 2200MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Adreno |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | - | - |
| Pipelines | 10 | - |
| 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 | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 22 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X62 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 2900 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 1600 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | September 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | SM6450 |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site |