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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 900 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Dimensity 900

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Dimensity 900
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Dimensity 900
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 900 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
98
Dimensity 900
44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
99
Dimensity 900
60
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Dimensity 900
79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
94
Dimensity 900
61

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8.89% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (980 vs 900 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 900 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 900 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 172.72% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 900 (1,277 K vs 468 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 900 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Dimensity 900

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +175%
1276749
Dimensity 900
468160
CPU 270867 125384
GPU 567801 125188
Memory 239879 83836
UX 198202 133752
Total score 1276749 468160

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +111%
1490
Dimensity 900
706
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +143%
5198
Dimensity 900
2137
Image compression 251.3 Mpixels/s 123.5 Mpixels/s
Face detection 46.2 images/s 20.5 images/s
Speech recognition 122.9 words/s 38.3 words/s
Machine learning 114.1 images/s 33.1 images/s
Camera shooting 51.7 images/s 19.6 images/s
HTML 5 5.81 Mnodes/s 2.51 Mnodes/s
SQLite 1510 Mnodes/s 632.6 Mnodes/s

3DMark

100%
SD 8 Gen 2
17%
Dimensity 900
Score: 12967

Stability - 98%
Graphics test 81 FPS 12 FPS
Score 12967 2167

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Mediatek Dimensity 900

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz [email protected]
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 HDR
Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -

  CPU

92%
SD 8 Gen 2
69%
Dimensity 900
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 6
Transistor count - 10 Billion
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G68 MC4
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 980 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units - 4
Shading units - 48
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 18.4 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
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, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
Dimensity 900
1200
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Dimensity 900
2770
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
Dimensity 900
211
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Dimensity 900
N/A
Modem Snapdragon X70 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date November 2022 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8550-AB MT6877
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site Dimensity 900 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
65%
GPU
99%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

83


Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 900
Mediatek Dimensity 900
CPU
44%
GPU
60%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

45.75


Review By TenzysTech

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