Dimensity 900 Vs Dimensity 800U

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 900 vs Dimensity 800U SoCs by Mediatek. 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.

Review
Differences
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v9
GeekBench 5
Specs

Review

CPU Performance

Single and multi-core processor tests

Dimensity 900

Dimensity 800U

Gaming Performance

GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan

Dimensity 900

Dimensity 800U

Battery life

Efficiency of battery consumption

Dimensity 900

Dimensity 800U

Tenzys Tech Score

Overall chip score

Dimensity 900

Dimensity 800U

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 900

Dimensity 900 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (900 vs 850 MHz).

Dimensity 900 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 800U (3200 vs 2133 MHz).

Dimensity 900 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 800U (6 vs 7 nm).

Dimensity 900 has 16.32% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 800U (468 K vs 402 K).

Dimensity 900 Support 7.79% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 800U (18.4 vs 17.07 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

SoC:

Dimensity 900

Dimensity 800U

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 900 +16%

468160

Dimensity 800U

402486

CPU	125384	113735
GPU	125188	104873
Memory	83836	67803
UX	133752	116075
Total score	468160	402486

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

Dimensity 900 +19%

706

Dimensity 800U

594

Multi-Core Score

Dimensity 900 +27%

2137

Dimensity 800U

1683

Image compression	123.5 Mpixels/s	105.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection	20.5 images/s	15.5 images/s
Speech recognition	38.3 words/s	33.8 words/s
Machine learning	33.1 images/s	28.6 images/s
Camera shooting	19.6 images/s	14.4 images/s
HTML 5	2.51 Mnodes/s	2.08 Mnodes/s
SQLite	632.6 Mnodes/s	534.9 Mnodes/s

3DMark

17%

Dimensity 900

12%

Dimensity 800U

Score: 2167

Stability	98%	99%
Graphics test	12 FPS	9 FPS
Score	2167	1604

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 900 and Mediatek Dimensity 800U

Display

Max On-Device Display	FHD+@120Hz	Full HD+ @ 120Hz
Max On-Display Resolution	2520 x 1080	2520 x 1080
Max External Display	-	-
HDR	HDR	HDR10+
Color Depth	-	-
Color Gamut	-	-

CPU

63%

Dimensity 900

63%

Dimensity 800U

Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture	2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores	8	8
Base Frequency	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
L1 cache	-	-
L2 cache	-	-
L3 cache	-	-
Process	6 nm	7 nm
Transistor count	10 Billion	-
TDP	10 W	10 W

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G68 MC4	Mali-G57 MC3
Architecture	Valhall 2	Valhall
GPU frequency	900 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shading units	48	48
FLOPS	-	-
Vulkan version	1.1	1.1
OpenCL version	2.0	2.0
DirectX version	12	12

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Bus	4x 16 Bit	2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	18.4 Gbit/s	17.07 Gbit/s
Max size	16 GB	12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
Storage type	UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1	UFS 2.2
Max display resolution	2520 x 1080	2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP	1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture	4K at 30FPS	4K at 30FPS
Video playback	4K at 30FPS	4K at 30FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9	H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV	AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Download Speed

4G (MB/s)

Dimensity 900

1200

Dimensity 800U

1200

5G (MB/s)

Dimensity 900

2770

Dimensity 800U

2300

Upload Speed

4G (MB/s)

Dimensity 900

211

Dimensity 800U

211

5G (MB/s)

Dimensity 900

N/A

Dimensity 800U

N/A

Modem	-	-
4G support	LTE Cat. 18	LTE Cat. 18
5G support	Yes	Yes
Peak Download speed	Up to 2770 Mbps	Up to 2300 Mbps
Peak Upload speed	-	-
Wi-Fi	6	5
Bluetooth	5.2	5.1
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS