MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8300, vs Samsung Exynos 2500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and Samsung Exynos 2500
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1406709
Samsung Exynos 2500
2213797
CPU299593500921
GPU524768928912
Memory327987410202
UX254361373762
NanoReview Score14067092213797
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
9818
Samsung Exynos 2500
n/a
Stability89 %n/a
Graphics Test58 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1398
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4293
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
File Compression178.7 MB/s386.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser134.1 pages/s234.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering146.9 MP/sec272.4 MP/sec
Background Blur12.5 frames/s36.6 frames/s
Photo Processing36 frames/s86.3 frames/s
Image Detection96.5 frames/s246.4 frames/s
HDR133.3 MP/sec313.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.05 MP/sec13 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 10
Frequency 3350 3300
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Samsung Xclipse 950
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen RDNA 3.5
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 6 8
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 780 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 S5E9955

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8300 the clear winner in this comparison.

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