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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Qualcomm

Flagship
VS
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
MediaTek Dimensity 9000

MediaTek

Flagship

Across 12 measured categories, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 comes out ahead.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 8 wins
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 0 wins

I put the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 runs the Adreno 825 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 8s Gen 4

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

8 advantages

  • 56% higher AnTuTu score

    23.14 Lakhs vs 14.82 Lakhs

  • 82% faster Geekbench multi-core score

    6,511 vs 3,582

  • 95% faster Geekbench single-core score

    2,073 vs 1,065

  • 150 MHz higher CPU clock

    3200 MHz vs 3050 MHz

  • Newer CPU architecture

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A

  • Higher GPU FLOPS

    2355 GFLOPS vs 1085.5 GFLOPS

  • 1,050 MHz higher RAM speed

    4800 MHz vs 3750 MHz

  • Newer storage standard

    UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

0 advantages

  • No standout advantages for this chip.

Benchmark charts

AnTuTu v11 Total

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +56% faster 23,14,089
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 14,82,293

Geekbench Single-Core

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +95% faster 2,073
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 1,065

Geekbench Multi-Core

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +82% faster 6,511
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 3,582

Specifications Comparison

Here is how the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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 8s Gen 4
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Overview
Launch Date Apirl 2025 November 2021
Chipset Class Flagship Flagship
Manufacturer Qualcomm MediaTek
Model Number SM8735 MT6983
CPU
Total Cores 8 8
Core Configuration 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720		 1x 3.05 GHz Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
Max Frequency 3200 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
Process Node 4 nm 4 nm
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
L2 Cache 6 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
TDP - 4 W
GPU
GPU Name Adreno 825 ARM Mali-G710 MC10
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 848 MHz
Shading Units 512 64
FLOPS 2355 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 4.1 UFS 3.1
Camera & Display
Camera Support 320 MP 320 MP
Video Capture 4K at 60 FPS 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Max Display Resolution WQHD+ WQHD+
Video Playback 8K at 60 FPS 4K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 4.2 Gbps 7.0 Gbps
Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 7 6E
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Navigation QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS NavIC, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Links
Official page Visit Visit

Benchmark results

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
AnTuTu v11
Total 23,14,089 14,82,293
CPU 6,98,018 5,66,147
GPU 7,98,999 2,88,636
Memory 3,16,914 2,03,966
UX 5,00,158 4,23,544
Geekbench
Single-Core 2,073 1,065
Multi-Core 6,511 3,582

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
CPU Score
75
61
GPU Score
84
60
Memory Score
96
85
Total Score
85
69

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