Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 by 18% on AnTuTu v11 (17.56 Lakhs vs 14.82 Lakhs) and is 82% faster in Geekbench single-core and 41% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the MediaTek Dimensity 9000.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads

10% higher peak CPU clock

3.36 GHz vs 3.05 GHz
2x more GPU compute power

2208.8 GFLOPS vs 1085.5 GFLOPS
12% faster RAM

4200 MHz vs 3750 MHz
18% higher AnTuTu v11 score

17.56 Lakhs vs 14.82 Lakhs
41% faster in Geekbench multi-core

5,037 vs 3,582
82% faster in Geekbench single-core

1,942 vs 1,065

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+18% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 17,56,001

Dimensity 9000 14,82,293

Geekbench Single-Core

+82% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1,942

Dimensity 9000 1,065

Geekbench Multi-Core

+41% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,037

Dimensity 9000 3,582

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Dimensity 9000

Overview

Launch Date: November 2022; November 2021
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; MediaTek
Model Number: SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2; MT6983

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510; 1x 3.05 GHz Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
Max Frequency: 3360 MHz; 3050 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 8 MB
TDP: 8.5 W; 4 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 740; ARM Mali-G710 MC10
GPU Frequency: 680 MHz; 848 MHz
Shading Units: 1024; 64
FLOPS: 2208.8 GFLOPS; 1085.5 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; MediaTek APU 590
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 4200 MHz; 3750 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth: 67.2 GB/s; 60 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 320 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS; 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X70 5G; MediaTek M80 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 7.0 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 5.3; 5.3
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; NavIC, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS