MediaTek Dimensity 8350 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8350, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8350 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU324360475806
GPU484687881311
Memory265076390065
UX279011335026
NanoReview Score13531342082208
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compression181.9 MB/s293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser136.6 pages/s196.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering163 MP/sec221.6 MP/sec
Background Blur13 frames/s24.1 frames/s
Photo Processing35.2 frames/s63.9 frames/s
Image Detection98.3 frames/s154.6 frames/s
HDR133.4 MP/sec217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.81 MP/sec8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 3210
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 6 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 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 Adreno 825
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 768 1024
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

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 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 76.8 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
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
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 April, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA SM8735

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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