Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4), vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1099019
CPU602481362347
GPU1165880290734
Memory534209192671
UX442171253267
NanoReview Score27447411099019
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
7912
Stabilityn/a81 %
Graphics Test143 fps47 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1585
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
4169
File Compression382.4 MB/s137.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s122.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec168.9 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s12.5 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s41.5 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s104.6 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec137.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec4.33 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 1/3.05 (Cortex-X2)
- 3/2.85 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 4320 3050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 24 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 848 MHz
Execution Units 3 10
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1536 640
FLOPS 3379.2 GFLOPS 1085.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 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 5333 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 3200x1440 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 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 X80 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 6.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr November, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8750-AB MT6983

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) the clear winner in this comparison.

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