Overview - Dimensity 9300 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9300 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 9300 75
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9300 74
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9300 86
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9300 78
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9300 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 485064 635739
GPU 899463 1237734
Memory 357691 460296
UX 312866 457187
Total score 2055084 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300

  • Dimensity 9300 has 18.18% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (1300 vs 1100 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 11.10% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9300 (5333 vs 4800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 25% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 9300 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 35.81% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9300 (2,791 K vs 2,055 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 11.20% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 9300 (85.4 vs 76.8 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9300 2265
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9300 7995
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 116 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4k@120Hz, WQHD@180Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR Yes -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

80%
Turbo Clock Speed

3250 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache 18 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 22.7 Billion -
  • TDP - 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 12 -
  • Shading units 192 768
  • FLOPS 5990.4 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDRLPDDR5T LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 790 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 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 10000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 7000 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

CPU
75%
GPU
74%
Memory
56%
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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