MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
MediaTek
Qualcomm
Launch Date
November 2023
March 2024
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Dimensity 9300
SM8650-AB
Architecture
4x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3250 MHz
3000 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Mali Immortalis-G720 MC12
Adreno 735
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
5.9904 TFLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
Execution units
-
2
Shading units
-
786
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.3
DirectX version
-
12.1

Connectivity

4G support
-
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
-
Yes
Bluetooth
-
5.4
Wi-Fi
-
7
Navigation
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5T
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
9600 MHz
4200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
67 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
3.5
-
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 200MP
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 790 (Generative AI)
Hexagon
TDP
-
6 W

Advantages

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Dimensity 9300
  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3250 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 67 Gbit/s)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (November 2023 vs March 2024)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Dimensity 9300
+36% 2225
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Multi Core
Dimensity 9300
+97% 7857
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991

AnTuTu 10

Dimensity 9300
+13% 2109832
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1865243

SiliconCat Rating

10
Ranks 10 among all SOC on our website
30
Ranks 30 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9300
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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