MediaTek Dimensity 8350 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8350, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8350 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
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 8350
1353134
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
212492
CPU32436085476
GPU48468725195
Memory26507647099
UX27901154722
NanoReview Score1353134212492
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
259
Graphics Testn/a1 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
294
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
1083
File Compression181.9 MB/s68 MB/s
HTML5 Browser136.6 pages/s33.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering163 MP/sec44.2 MP/sec
Background Blur13 frames/s1.71 frames/s
Photo Processing35.2 frames/s8.66 frames/s
Image Detection98.3 frames/s11 frames/s
HDR133.4 MP/sec37.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.81 MP/sec1.82 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 1800
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Adreno 509
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 430 MHz
Execution Units 6 1
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 128
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 110.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon 680

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 5.3 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 1900x1200 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x24 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K 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
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 X12
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr October, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA SDM636

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8350 the clear winner in this comparison.

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