Overview - Dimensity 9300 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 8s 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 9300 92
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 70
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9300 95
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 63
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9300 86
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9300 91
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 73
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9300 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 485064 374214
GPU 899463 516258
Memory 357691 344248
UX 312866 259884
Total score 2055084 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300

  • Dimensity 9300 has 8.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (3250 vs 3000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 18.18% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (1300 vs 1100 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 14.29% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4800 vs 4200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 37.50% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (2,055 K vs 1,495 K).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9300 2265
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9300 7995
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 116 FPS
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3250 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 18 MB 8 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 22.7 Billion -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Valhall 5th gen Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 12 2
  • Shading units 192 768
  • FLOPS 5990.4 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDRLPDDR5T LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 790 Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K 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 X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
  • 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

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

CPU
70%
GPU
63%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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