Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and MediaTek Dimensity 9200
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 870
819661
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
1482965
CPU237856369557
GPU281535553034
Memory125373278497
UX174897281877
NanoReview Score8196611482965
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
12376
Stability90 %94 %
Graphics Test25 fps73 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
1949
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
5281
File Compression148.4 MB/s204.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s147 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec170.8 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s16.9 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s44.2 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s127.6 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec153.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec5.32 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 1/3.05 (Cortex-X3)
- 3/2.85 (Cortex-A715)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 3050
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 17 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 650 Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 4th gen
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 981 MHz
Execution Units 3 11
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 1408
FLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS 2762.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
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 698 MediaTek APU 690

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 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 X55 MediaTek T800
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AC MT6985

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9200 the clear winner in this comparison.

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