MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9300, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 9300
2070127
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
455674
CPU509275134774
GPU845720137678
Memory35489981181
UX360293102041
NanoReview Score2070127455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
11079
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stabilityn/a94 %
Graphics Test66 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
2239
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
7538
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression299.9 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser218.6 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering258.4 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur27.4 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing60.9 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection162.1 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR219.5 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.03 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 2800
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count 22.7 billion 3 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 630
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 12 2
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 1536 512
FLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS 727 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 790 Hexagon 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5T LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 29.8 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 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T830 X20
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7900 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6989 SDM845

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9300 the clear winner in this comparison.

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