Overview - Dimensity 9000 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9000 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) SoCs by Mediatek and Qualcomm 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
Dimensity 9000 40
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9000 36
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9000 86
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9000 54
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9000 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 254411 635739
GPU 384881 1237734
Memory 180981 460296
UX 185288 457187
Total score 1005561 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 29.41% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 9000 (1100 vs 850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 42.21% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9000 (5333 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 25% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 9000 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 177.55% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9000 (2,791 K vs 1,006 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 9000.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 42.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 9000 (85.4 vs 60 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 1275
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 4132
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 47 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @144Hz / Full HD+ @180Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3200 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

3050 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 4 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G710 MP10 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Valhall 3 Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 10 -
  • Shading units 512 768
  • FLOPS 1648 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 590 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 3200 x 1440 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

CPU
40%
GPU
36%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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