Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 8 Gen 2
1561620
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1099019
CPU367514362347
GPU596874290734
Memory300073192671
UX297159253267
NanoReview Score15616201099019
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
7912
Stabilityn/a81 %
Graphics Test77 fps47 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1585
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
4169
File Compression210 MB/s137.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser153.9 pages/s122.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering153.3 MP/sec168.9 MP/sec
Background Blur17.1 frames/s12.5 frames/s
Photo Processing51.9 frames/s41.5 frames/s
Image Detection128.6 frames/s104.6 frames/s
HDR159.7 MP/sec137.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.92 MP/sec4.33 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 90 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 118 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 1/3.05 (Cortex-X2)
- 3/2.85 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 3050
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 16 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8.5 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 740 Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 848 MHz
Execution Units 3 10
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1536 640
FLOPS 2089 GFLOPS 1085.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 60 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
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3200x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2022 yr November, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8550-AB MT6983

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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