Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Snapdragon 680 SoCs, manufactured by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
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 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 355.79 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (1147 K vs 252 K).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 252.94 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 ( 60 vs 17 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 81097 |
| GPU | 430867 | 38425 |
| Memory | 218270 | 68438 |
| UX | 206140 | 63600 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 251560 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Score | 8685 | 443 |
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 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 2400MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Adreno 610 |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | Adreno 610 |
| GPU frequency | - | 1114 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 96 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 192 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X11 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | - |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 390 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | October 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Model number | - | SM6225 |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | Snapdragon 680 official site |