Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Dimensity 9000 Plus and Snapdragon 860 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside 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 8.11% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2960 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (4 vs 7 nm).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 147.13 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (1147 K vs 464 K).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 75.80 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 ( 60 vs 34.13 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 28.00 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 860 ( 2560 vs 2000 Mbps).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 143028 |
| GPU | 430867 | 179320 |
| Memory | 218270 | 69420 |
| UX | 206140 | 72190 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 463958 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Score | 8685 | 3455 |
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 |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 2960MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | - | 675 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 384 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 768 |
| FLOPS | - | 1037 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 690 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 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 | - | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 2000 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | April 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8150-AC |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | Snapdragon 860 official site |