Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 versus Dimensity 9000 Plus SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed 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 17.19 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 3750 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 4.43 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 1147 K vs 1098 K).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus Support 17.19 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 60 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 243697 291317
GPU 478120 430867
Memory 191931 218270
UX 184166 206140
Total score 1097914 1146594

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 69% 86%
Graphics test 59 FPS 51 FPS
Score 9875 8685

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - 1024 KB
L2 cache - 3.5 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 4 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G710 MC10
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3
GPU frequency 900 MHz -
Pipelines - 10
Shading units - 512
Total shaders - 1024
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7168 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 2560 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - Up to 2560 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 July 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Dimensity 9000 Plus official site