Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Dimensity 900
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 900 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 134.52% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 900 (1,098 K vs 468 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 178.26% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 900 (51.2 vs 18.4 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 900 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 243697 | 125384 |
| GPU | 478120 | 125188 |
| Memory | 191931 | 83836 |
| UX | 184166 | 133752 |
| Total score | 1097914 | 468160 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 123.5 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 20.5 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 38.3 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 33.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 19.6 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.51 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 632.6 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
76%
SD 8 Plus Gen 117%
Dimensity 900Score: 9875
| Stability | 69% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Score | 9875 | 2167 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Mediatek Dimensity 900Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | [email protected] |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | HDR10+ | HDR |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec2021 | - |
CPU
92%
SD 8 Plus Gen 169%
Dimensity 900
Frequency
| Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 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 | - | - |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 | 6 |
| Transistor count | - | 10 Billion |
| TDP | - | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Mali-G68 MC4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | - | 4 |
| Shading units | - | 48 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 18.4 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, 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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | May 2022 | May 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | MT6877 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site | Dimensity 900 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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Mediatek Dimensity 900
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