MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Samsung Exynos 990

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8300, vs Samsung Exynos 990. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and Samsung Exynos 990
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 990
727249
CPU299593201538
GPU524768231438
Memory327987138841
UX254361155432
NanoReview Score1406709727249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
9818
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Stability89 %60 %
Graphics Test58 fps22 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1398
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4293
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
File Compression178.7 MB/s126.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser134.1 pages/s68.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering146.9 MP/sec90.2 MP/sec
Background Blur12.5 frames/s9.95 frames/s
Photo Processing36 frames/s21 frames/s
Image Detection96.5 frames/s60.6 frames/s
HDR133.3 MP/sec88.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.05 MP/sec3.37 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 2730
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 6 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Mali-G77 MP11
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 832 MHz
Execution Units 6 11
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 768 352
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 585.7 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 780 Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 15 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 3840x2400 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 Exynos 5123
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 S5E9830

Results

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

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