Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and MediaTek Dimensity 9000
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
252006
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1099019
CPU89180362347
GPU36992290734
Memory56965192671
UX68869253267
NanoReview Score2520061099019
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
373
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
7912
Stability96 %81 %
Graphics Test2 fps47 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
342
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1585
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
1232
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
4169
File Compression71.3 MB/s137.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser41.6 pages/s122.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering51.8 MP/sec168.9 MP/sec
Background Blur1.89 frames/s12.5 frames/s
Photo Processing10.2 frames/s41.5 frames/s
Image Detection13.6 frames/s104.6 frames/s
HDR46.2 MP/sec137.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.97 MP/sec4.33 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4/2.2 (Kryo 260 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.84 (Kryo 260 Silver Cortex-A53)
- 1/3.05 (Cortex-X2)
- 3/2.85 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 3050
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 14 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 1.75 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 5 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 512 Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Adreno 500 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 647 MHz 848 MHz
Execution Units 1 10
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 128 640
FLOPS 165.6 GFLOPS 1085.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 11 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 680 MediaTek APU 590

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.9 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 3200x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem X12 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 7000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2017 yr November, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6115 MT6983

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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