Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 9200 Plus SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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 9200 Plus
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 11.67 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 3350 vs 3000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 166.66 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 8533 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 31.49 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 1363 K vs 1037 K).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus Support 33.40 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 68.3 vs 51.2 GB/s).

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 249768 290704
GPU 448381 600560
Memory 172528 254170
UX 166045 217772
Total score 1036722 1363206

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 88% 61%
Graphics test 54 FPS 75 FPS
Score 9041 12660

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 3350MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 17 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Immortalis-G715 MC11
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4
GPU frequency 800 MHz -
Pipelines 3 11
Shading units 768 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS - 4736 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 690

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 8533 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 68.3 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 MediaTek T800
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 May 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 MT6985
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Dimensity 9200 Plus official site