Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
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 9300 Plus
2100510
CPU436420496925
GPU870679870477
Memory392296378380
UX352620354728
NanoReview Score20520152100510
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
14766
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fps88 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2302
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
7547
File Compression288.3 MB/s297.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s211.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec256.8 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s26.6 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s61.3 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s160 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec221.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec7.78 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 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 3400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 22.7 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 7.3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 6 12
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1536 1536
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5T
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 4.1
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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 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 3500 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr May, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC n/a

Results

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