Mediatek Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Mediatek Dimensity 9300 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU, while the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Adreno 662 GPU.
Why Mediatek Dimensity 9300 is better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
- 35% Faster CPU clock speed (3250 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
- 200% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)
- 50% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- 487% higher compute power (3.99 TFLOPS vs 0.68 TFLOPS)
- Released 1 year and 6 months later - (November 2023 vs May 2022)
- 256% higher AnTuTu score (2.06M vs 577K)
- Geekbench 6 shows 121% faster single-core and 233% faster multi-core performance
Performance Scores
CPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
78
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
41
GPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
82
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
34
Memory score
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
95
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
64
Total score
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
84
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
46
AnTuTu 10
Mediatek Dimensity 9300 +256%
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,055,084
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
577,238
| CPU | 485,064 | 168,774 |
| GPU | 899,463 | 170,394 |
| MEM | 357,691 | 115,759 |
| UX | 312,866 | 122,311 |
| TOTAL | 2,055,084 | 577,238 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9300 +121%
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,248
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
1,017
Multi-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9300 +233%
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
7,824
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2,351
| Single-Core | 2,248 | 1,017 |
| Multi-Core | 7,824 | 2,351 |
General
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9300 | Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 |
| Launch Date | November 2023 | May 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | MT6989 | SM7450-AB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex X4 3x 2.85 GHz - Cortex A720 4x 2.0 GHz - Cortex-A720 |
1x 2.4 GHz - Cortex A710 3x 2.36 GHz - Cortex A710 4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3250 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP | 7 Watts | 5 W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 | Adreno 662 |
| GPU Frequency | 850 MHz | 600 - 950 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek APU 790 | Hexagon NPU |
| Shading Units | 768 | 384 |
| Compute Performance | 3.99 TFLOPS | 0.680 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | No |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 2x16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 200 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS | 4K HDR at 30FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 HEVC AV1 VP9 |
H.264 H.265 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
| Display Support | 3840x2160 | 2560 x 1600 (QHD+) |
Connectivity
| Modem | MediaTek T830 5G | Snapdragon X62 5G |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7.9 Gbps | Up to 4.4 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 4.2 Gbps | Up to 1.6 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |