Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Dimensity 930

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 930 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 46
Dimensity 930 29
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 48
Dimensity 930 22
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
Dimensity 930 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 60
Dimensity 930 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Dimensity 930
CPU 249768 137539
GPU 448381 130844
Memory 172528 97521
UX 166045 140904
Total score 1036722 506808
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 36.36% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 930 (3000 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 930 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 104.56% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 930 (1,037 K vs 507 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 930.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
Dimensity 930 780

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
Dimensity 930 2469

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
Dimensity 930

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
Dimensity 930

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
Dimensity 930

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
Dimensity 930

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
Dimensity 930

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
Dimensity 930

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
Dimensity 930

3DMark

Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz Full HD+ @120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
    2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 IMG BXM-8-256
  • Architecture Adreno 700 PowerVR B-Series
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz -
  • Execution units 3 -
  • Shading units 768 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz -
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 24 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 108MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE. Cat.24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU
46%
GPU
48%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Mediatek Dimensity 930

CPU
29%
GPU
22%
Memory
0%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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