Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Vs Dimensity 9300

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Dimensity 9300 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Dimensity 9300 92
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 96
Dimensity 9300 95
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Dimensity 9300 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Dimensity 9300 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dimensity 9300
CPU 495720 485064
GPU 914123 899463
Memory 361002 357691
UX 338475 312866
Total score 2109320 2055084
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 1.54% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9300 (3300 vs 3250 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 2.64% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9300 (2,109 K vs 2,055 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 0.26% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 9300 (77 vs 76.8 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300

  • Dimensity 9300 has 68.83% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (1300 vs 770 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329
Dimensity 9300 2265

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526
Dimensity 9300 7995

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test 116 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz 4k@120Hz, WQHD@180Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display 8K @ 30 Hz -
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ Yes
  • Color Depth 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

87%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3250 MHz

103%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
    1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 12 MB 18 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - 22.7 Billion
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 750 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 770 MHz 1300 MHz
  • Execution units - 12
  • Shading units - 192
  • FLOPS - 5990.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 77 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDRLPDDR5T
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 790
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X75 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

CPU
91%
GPU
96%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

CPU
92%
GPU
95%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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