Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 6.67% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (3200 vs 3000 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 12.00 % higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9000 Plus ( 4200 vs 3750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 30.35 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9000 Plus ( 1495 K vs 1147 K).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 9000 Plus .
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 6.67 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 9000 Plus ( 64 vs 60 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 374214 |
| GPU | 430867 | 516258 |
| Memory | 218270 | 344248 |
| UX | 206140 | 259884 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 1494604 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 85.3% |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | 67 FPS |
| Score | 8685 | 11301 |
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 3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 3000MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Adreno 735 |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | - | 1100 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 768 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | - | 3379.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 64 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 6500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | March 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8635 |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site |