Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched Dimensity 9000 Plus and Snapdragon 888 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. Our assessment weighs the benefits and drawbacks of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, as well as their full 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 12.68% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3200 vs 2840 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 17.19% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 (3750 vs 3200 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 (4 vs 5 nm).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 41.82 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 (1147 K vs 808 K).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888.
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 17.19 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 888 ( 60 vs 51.2 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 2.40 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 888 ( 2560 vs 2500 Mbps).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 211734 |
| GPU | 430867 | 306250 |
| Memory | 218270 | 133870 |
| UX | 206140 | 156641 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 808495 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 91% |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Score | 8685 | 5126 |
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 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 2840MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Adreno 660 |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | - | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | - | 1720 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 780 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 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 120FPS |
| 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 | - | X60 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 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 | December 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8350 |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | Snapdragon 888 official site |