Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 9300
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 8 Gen 1
1169574
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
2070127
CPU315665509275
GPU426818845720
Memory192834354899
UX234257360293
NanoReview Score11695742070127
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
11079
Graphics Test40 fps66 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
2239
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
7538
File Compression154.9 MB/s299.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s218.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec258.4 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s60.9 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s162.1 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec219.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec8.03 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 3250
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 22.7 billion
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5T
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 3.1 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 MediaTek T830
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr November, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 MT6989

Results

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

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