Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Snapdragon 870 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Qualcomm 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 36.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3750 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 78.01 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (1147 K vs 644 K).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 36.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 ( 60 vs 44 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 2.40 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 870 ( 2560 vs 2500 Mbps).

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 179347
GPU 430867 270188
Memory 218270 98761
UX 206140 95818
Total score 1146594 644114

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% 90%
Graphics test 51 FPS 25 FPS
Score 8685 4258

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
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 3.5 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G710 MC10 Adreno 650
Architecture Valhall 3 Adreno 600
GPU frequency - 645 MHz
Pipelines 10 2
Shading units 512 512
Total shaders 1024 1024
FLOPS - 1,267 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 698

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps 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, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced July 2022 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - SM8250-ACSM8250-AC
Official page Dimensity 9000 Plus official site Snapdragon 870 official site