MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Flagship

The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 are within 1% of each other on AnTuTu v11 (22.96 Lakhs vs 23.14 Lakhs). In Geekbench single-core, the two are within 5%. In Geekbench multi-core, the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 is 7% faster. Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 does better: newer Arm instruction set (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A) and newer storage standard (UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0).

MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: key differences

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 leads

2% higher peak CPU clock

3.25 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
70% more GPU compute power

3993.6 GFLOPS vs 2355 GFLOPS
7% faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,953 vs 6,511

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+1% faster

Dimensity 9300 22,95,875

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Geekbench Single-Core

+5% faster

Dimensity 9300 2,170

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Geekbench Multi-Core

+7% faster

Dimensity 9300 6,953

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Dimensity 9300 Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: November 2023; Apirl 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: MediaTek; Qualcomm
Model Number: MT6989; SM8735

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 4x 3.25 GHz - Cortex X4
4x 2.0 GHz - Cortex A720; 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720
Max Frequency: 3250 MHz; 3200 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 6 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 8 MB
TDP: 7 Watts; -

GPU

GPU Name: Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU; Adreno 825
GPU Frequency: 850 MHz; 1150 MHz
Shading Units: 768; 512
FLOPS: 3993.6 GFLOPS; 2355 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: MediaTek APU 790; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0; Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 4800 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.0; UFS 4.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 320 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS; 4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS; 8K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9; H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: MediaTek T830 5G; Snapdragon X75 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 7.9 Gbps; 4.2 Gbps
Upload Speed: 4.2 Gbps; 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 7
Bluetooth: 5.4; 6.0
Navigation: NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS; QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS