MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9300, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 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 9300
2070127
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU509275475806
GPU845720881311
Memory354899390065
UX360293335026
NanoReview Score20701272082208
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
11079
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Graphics Test66 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
2239
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
7538
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compression299.9 MB/s293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser218.6 pages/s196.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering258.4 MP/sec221.6 MP/sec
Background Blur27.4 frames/s24.1 frames/s
Photo Processing60.9 frames/s63.9 frames/s
Image Detection162.1 frames/s154.6 frames/s
HDR219.5 MP/sec217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.03 MP/sec8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 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 3250 3210
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 6 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 22.7 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 825
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution Units 12 2
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 1536 1024
FLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5T LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 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 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 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 T830 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7900 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 4200 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6989 SM8735

Results

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