Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030
We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 7030 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 28.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 7030 (3200 vs 2500 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -2.00% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 7030 (980 vs 1000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 7030 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 7030 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 146.54 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7030 (1277 K vs 518 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 7030.
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 270867 | 163674 |
| GPU | 567801 | 81587 |
| Memory | 239879 | 121193 |
| UX | 198202 | 151408 |
| Total score | 1276749 | 517862 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | - |
| Graphics test | 81 FPS | - |
| Score | 12967 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 | 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 2500MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 740 | Mali-G610 MP3 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Valhall 3rd gen |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | 3 |
| Shading units | - | - |
| Total shaders | - | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 550 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | - | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1 x 200 MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X70 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2022 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8550-AB | - |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | Dimensity 7030 official site |