Overview - Dimensity 9000 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9000 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 Gen 3 75
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9000 36
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 74
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9000 86
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9000 54
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 78
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9000 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU 254411 495720
GPU 384881 914123
Memory 180981 361002
UX 185288 338475
Total score 1005561 2109320
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9000

  • Dimensity 9000 has 10.39% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (850 vs 770 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 8.2% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9000 (3300 vs 3050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 28.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9000 (4800 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 109.77% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9000 (2,109 K vs 1,006 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 28.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 9000 (77 vs 60 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 1275
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 4132
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 47 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @144Hz / Full HD+ @180Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3200 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

3050 MHz

82%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

56%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
    1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 4 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G710 MP10 Adreno 750
  • Architecture Valhall 3 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 770 MHz
  • Execution units 10 -
  • Shading units 512 -
  • FLOPS 1648 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 4800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 590 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3200 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7000 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
  • 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 Gen 3

CPU
75%
GPU
74%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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