Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Dimensity 7030

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 7030 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 2 57
Dimensity 7030 33
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Dimensity 7030 21
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Dimensity 7030 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 68
Dimensity 7030 44
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Dimensity 7030
CPU 270867 163674
GPU 567801 81587
Memory 239879 121193
UX 198202 151408
Total score 1276749 517862
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 28.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 7030 (3200 vs 2500 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 7030 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 7030 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 146.54% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7030 (1,277 K vs 518 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 7030.

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 7030

  • Dimensity 7030 has 2.04% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (1000 vs 980 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490
Dimensity 7030 1036

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198
Dimensity 7030 2440

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3
Dimensity 7030

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2
Dimensity 7030

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9
Dimensity 7030

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1
Dimensity 7030

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7
Dimensity 7030

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81
Dimensity 7030

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510
Dimensity 7030

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+@144Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+ Adaptive, HLG and Dolby Vision
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

66%
Turbo Clock Speed

2500 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
    2x 2.5 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 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G610 MP3
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
  • GPU frequency 980 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units - 3
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - -
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 550
  • Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X70 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 7 6E
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

CPU
57%
GPU
60%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

MediaTek Dimensity 7030

CPU
33%
GPU
21%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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