Mediatek Dimensity 9200 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, MediaTek Dimensity 9200 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Arm Immortalis-G715 GPU, while the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Adreno 840 GPU.
Why Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is better than MediaTek Dimensity 9200
- 51% Faster CPU clock speed (4610 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
- 227% higher AnTuTu score (3.73M vs 1.14M)
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4 nm
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A)
- Geekbench 6 shows 156% faster single-core and 155% faster multi-core performance
- 24% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 GB/s vs 68.3 GB/s)
- 33% higher compute performance (3.68 vs 2.76 TFLOPS)
- 24% higher memory frequency (Up to 5300 MHz vs 4266 MHz)
- Released 2 years and 10 months later - (september 2025 vs November 2022)
Performance Scores
CPU score
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
64
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
98
GPU score
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
72
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
97
Memory score
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
90
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
100
Total score
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
75
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
98
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +227%
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
1,138,348
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3,726,403
| CPU | 275,790 | 1,075,208 |
| GPU | 501,250 | 1,385,137 |
| MEM | 162,030 | 400,897 |
| UX | 199,278 | 865,161 |
| TOTAL | 1,138,348 | 3,726,403 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +156%
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
1,378
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3,524
Multi-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +155%
MediaTek Dimensity 9200
4,270
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
10,887
| Single-Core | 1,378 | 3,524 |
| Multi-Core | 4,270 | 10,887 |
General
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9200 | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Launch Date | November 2022 | september 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | MT6985 | SM8850 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.05 GHz - Cortex X3 3x 2.85 GHz - Cortex A715 4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510 |
2 x 4.61 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores) 6 x 3.63 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores) |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3050 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP | 7 Watts | - |
GPU
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G715 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU Frequency | 981 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek APU 690 | Hexagon NPU |
| Shading Units | 128 | 512 |
| Compute Performance | 2.76 TFLOPS | 3.68 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4266 MHz | Up to 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x16-bit channels |
| Max Bandwidth | 68.3 GB/s | 84.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 320 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS 4K @ 60FPS 1080p @ 240FPS |
8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 60FPS |
8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
H.264 H.265 VP8 VP9 AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC FLAC MP3 WAV |
AAC LDAC AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
| Display Support | 4K @ 60Hz | 4K @ 60Hz |
Connectivity
| Modem | Integrated 5G Modem | Snapdragon X85 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7.67 Gbps | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.25 Gbps | Up to 3.7 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |