Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Dimensity 9300

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 9300 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 9300 92
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Dimensity 9300 95
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Dimensity 9300 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 68
Dimensity 9300 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Dimensity 9300
CPU 270867 485064
GPU 567801 899463
Memory 239879 357691
UX 198202 312866
Total score 1276749 2055084
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300

  • Dimensity 9300 has 1.56% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (3250 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 32.65% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (1300 vs 980 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 14.29% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4800 vs 4200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 60.96% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (2,055 K vs 1,277 K ).
  • Dimensity 9300 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490
Dimensity 9300 2265

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198
Dimensity 9300 7995

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3
Dimensity 9300

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2
Dimensity 9300

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9
Dimensity 9300

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1
Dimensity 9300

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7
Dimensity 9300

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81
Dimensity 9300

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510
Dimensity 9300

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 116 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3250 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
    1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB 18 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - 22.7 Billion
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 5th gen
  • GPU frequency 980 MHz 1300 MHz
  • Execution units - 12
  • Shading units - 192
  • FLOPS - 5990.4 Gigaflops
  • 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 4800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 76.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDRLPDDR5T
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 790
  • Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X70 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

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