Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and MediaTek Dimensity 8350
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 3
2052015
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1353134
CPU436420324360
GPU870679484687
Memory392296265076
UX352620279011
NanoReview Score20520151353134
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
n/a
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
File Compression288.3 MB/s181.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s136.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec163 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s13 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s35.2 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s98.3 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec133.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec4.81 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 3350
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 12 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Mali-G615 MP6
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4rd gen
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 1400 MHz
Execution Units 6 6
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1536 768
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 2150.4 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 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 68.2 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 4.1
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 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
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 MediaTek T800
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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4 (57.14%)
3 (42.86%)
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