MediaTek Dimensity 8350 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8350, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8350 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU324360679852
GPU4846871283493
Memory265076646515
UX279011505422
NanoReview Score13531343115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression181.9 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser136.6 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering163 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur13 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing35.2 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection98.3 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR133.4 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.81 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 4600
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 4 MB 16 MB
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 n/a
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen n/a
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz n/a
Execution Units 6 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

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

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 n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
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 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA SM8850

Results

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

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