Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 3
1481667
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2100510
CPU381423496925
GPU509135870477
Memory338352378380
UX252757354728
NanoReview Score14816672100510
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
14766
Graphics Test67 fps88 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2302
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
7547
File Compression228.2 MB/s297.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s211.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec256.8 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s26.6 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s61.3 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s160 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec221.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec7.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 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 3000 3400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 22.7 billion
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 7.3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 3 12
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 1689.6 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 4200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 5G MediaTek T830
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 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
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr May, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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