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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 by 60% on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 14.82 Lakhs) and is 2x faster in Geekbench single-core and 85% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the MediaTek Dimensity 9000.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads

  • 11% higher peak CPU clock

    3.4 GHz vs 3.05 GHz

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A

  • 50% larger L3 cache

    12 MB vs 8 MB

  • 3.3x more GPU compute power

    3584 GFLOPS vs 1085.5 GFLOPS

  • 28% faster RAM

    4800 MHz vs 3750 MHz

  • Newer storage standard

    UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1

  • 60% higher AnTuTu v11 score

    23.68 Lakhs vs 14.82 Lakhs

  • 85% faster in Geekbench multi-core

    6,626 vs 3,582

  • 2x faster in Geekbench single-core

    2,162 vs 1,065

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+60% faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 23,68,420
Dimensity 9000 14,82,293

Geekbench Single-Core

2x faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162
Dimensity 9000 1,065

Geekbench Multi-Core

+85% faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6,626
Dimensity 9000 3,582

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dimensity 9000

Overview

Launch Date
October 2023
November 2021
Chipset Class
Flagship
Flagship
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Model Number
SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
MT6983

CPU

Total Cores
8
8
Core Configuration
1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520
1x 3.05 GHz Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
Max Frequency
3400 MHz
3050 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9-A
Process Node
TSMC 4 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 Cache
1 MB
1 MB
L3 Cache
12 MB
8 MB
TDP
8 W
4 W

GPU

GPU Name
Adreno 750
ARM Mali-G710 MC10
GPU Frequency
903 MHz - 1000 MHz
848 MHz
Shading Units
1536
64
FLOPS
3584 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
4800 MHz
3750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x16-bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
60 GB/s
Max RAM Size
24 GB
24 GB
Storage Type
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 at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
Audio Codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV

Connectivity

Modem
Snapdragon X75 5G
MediaTek M80 5G
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
10 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Upload Speed
Up to 3.5 Gbps
2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi
7
6E
Bluetooth
5.4
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
NavIC, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Links

Official page
Visit
Visit

Benchmark results

Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dimensity 9000

AnTuTu v11

Total
23,68,420
14,82,293
CPU
6,52,232
5,66,147
GPU
8,24,065
2,88,636
Memory
3,30,935
2,03,966
UX
5,61,188
4,23,544

Geekbench

Single-Core
2,162
1,065
Multi-Core
6,626
3,582

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+17 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Dimensity 9000 69

CPU Score

+15 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 76
Dimensity 9000 61

GPU Score

+26 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Dimensity 9000 60

Memory Score

+10 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 95
Dimensity 9000 85

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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