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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9300

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 logo
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Mediatek Dimensity 9300

In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9300, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Adreno 740 GPU, while the Mediatek Dimensity 9300 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU GPU.

Why Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is better than Mediatek Dimensity 9300

  • 3% Faster CPU clock speed (3360 MHz vs 3250 MHz)

Why Mediatek Dimensity 9300 is better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

  • 62% higher AnTuTu score (2.06M vs 1.27M)
  • Geekbench 6 shows 51% faster single-core and 53% faster multi-core performance
  • 14% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 67.2 GB/s)
  • 100% more compute performance (3.99 TFLOPS vs 2 TFLOPS)
  • 14% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 4200 MHz)
  • Newer release date (November 2023 vs November 2022)

Performance scores

Overall comparison of performance, power efficiency, and real-world usage.

CPU score

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
64
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
78

GPU score

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
79
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
82

Memory score

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
90
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
95

Total score

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
78
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
84

AnTuTu 10

AnTuTu checks how well the CPU, GPU, memory, and storage perform under load.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1,267,441
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
+62% better
2,055,084
CPU 259,548 485,064
GPU 581,957 899,463
MEM 241,748 357,691
UX 184,188 312,866
TOTAL 1,267,441 2,055,084

Geekbench 6

Geekbench measures CPU performance in single-core and multi-core scenarios.

Single-Core

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1,485
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
+51% better
2,248

Multi-Core

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5,119
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
+53% better
7,824
Single-Core 1,485 2,248
Multi-Core 5,119 7,824
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Mediatek Dimensity 9300

General

SoC Name Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mediatek Dimensity 9300
Launch Date November 2022 November 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model Number SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2 MT6989
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

CPU

CPU Cores 8 8
Architecture ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
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
4x 3.25 GHz - Cortex X4
4x 2.0 GHz - Cortex A720
Max Clock Speed 3360 MHz 3250 MHz
L2 Cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process Node 4 nm (N4P) 4 nm
TDP 8.5 W 7 Watts

GPU

GPU Adreno 740 Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU
GPU Architecture Adreno 700 5th Gen Valhall Architecture
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 850 MHz
Neural Processing Unit Hexagon NPU MediaTek APU 790
Shading Units 1024 768
Compute Performance 2.0 TFLOPS 3.99 TFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support Yes Yes
Max Refresh Rate 144 Hz (QHD+), 60 Hz (4K) 180Hz at WQHD
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12 12

Memory & Storage

Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Frequency 4200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16-bit channels 4x16-bit channels
Max Bandwidth 67.2 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size 24 GB 24 GB
Storage Type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0

ISP & Multimedia

Max Camera 200 MP (single) 320 MP
Max Display Resolution 3840x2160 3840x2160
Video Recording 8K HDR @ 30FPS, 4K @ 120FPS, 720p @ 960FPS (slow-mo) 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS
Video Playback 8K HDR @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1 H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9
Audio Codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G Modem-RF System MediaTek T830 5G
4G LTE Cat. 24 (FDD/TDD) LTE Cat.24 (FDD/TDD)
5G Sub-6 GHz & mmWave; SA/NSA; DSDA Sub-6 GHz & mmWave; SA/NSA; 4CC CA
Download Speed Up to 10 Gbps Up to 7.9 Gbps
Upload Speed Up to 3.5 Gbps Up to 4.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi Wi0-Fi 7 Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS