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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Qualcomm

Flagship
VS
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
MediaTek Dimensity 9000

MediaTek

Flagship

Across 12 measured categories, the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 comes out ahead.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3 wins
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 5 wins

I put the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 runs the Adreno 730 while the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 runs the ARM Mali-G710 MC10. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.

Where each chip wins

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

3 advantages

  • 15% faster Geekbench multi-core score

    4,134 vs 3,582

  • 60% faster Geekbench single-core score

    1,704 vs 1,065

  • Higher GPU FLOPS

    1675 GFLOPS vs 1085.5 GFLOPS

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

5 advantages

  • 12% higher AnTuTu score

    14.82 Lakhs vs 13.20 Lakhs

  • 50 MHz higher CPU clock

    3050 MHz vs 3000 MHz

  • Larger L3 cache

    8 MB vs 6 MB

  • Newer memory type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5

  • 550 MHz higher RAM speed

    3750 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Benchmark charts

AnTuTu v11 Total

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 13,20,406
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 +12% faster 14,82,293

Geekbench Single-Core

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +60% faster 1,704
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 1,065

Geekbench Multi-Core

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +15% faster 4,134
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 3,582

Specifications Comparison

Here is how the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Overview
Launch Date December 2021 November 2021
Chipset Class Flagship Flagship
Manufacturer Qualcomm MediaTek
Model Number SM8450 MT6983
CPU
Total Cores 8 8
Core Configuration 1x 3 GHz - Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz - Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510		 1x 3.05 GHz Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
Max Frequency 3000 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
Process Node 4 nm 4 nm
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
L2 Cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB 8 MB
TDP 5.3 W 4 W
GPU
GPU Name Adreno 730 ARM Mali-G710 MC10
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 848 MHz
Shading Units 512 64
FLOPS 1675 GFLOPS 1085.5 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support No No
NPU Hexagon NPU MediaTek APU 590
API Support Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0
Memory & Storage
RAM Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory Bus 4x16-bit 4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 60 GB/s
Max RAM Size 24 GB 24 GB
Storage Type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Camera & Display
Camera Support 200 MP 320 MP
Video Capture 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Max Display Resolution 4K WQHD+
Video Playback 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS 4K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
Audio Codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV
Connectivity
Modem Snapdragon X65 5G MediaTek M80 5G
Network Support 5G 5G
Download Speed 10 Gbps 7.0 Gbps
Upload Speed 3.67 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 6E
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC NavIC, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Links
Official page Visit Visit

Benchmark results

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
AnTuTu v11
Total 13,20,406 14,82,293
CPU 5,01,429 5,66,147
GPU 2,09,242 2,88,636
Memory 2,36,547 2,03,966
UX 3,73,188 4,23,544
Geekbench
Single-Core 1,704 1,065
Multi-Core 4,134 3,582

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
CPU Score
54
61
GPU Score
56
60
Memory Score
73
85
Total Score
61
69

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