Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Launch Date
December 2021
November 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Model Name
SM8450
Dimensity 8300
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3000 MHz
3350 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 730
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency
818 MHz
1400 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
2
6
Shading units
768
-
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
DirectX version
12.1
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 320MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
MediaTek APU 780
TDP
5.3 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 8300
- Higher Frequency: 3350 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 68.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (December 2021 vs November 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+10%
1664
Dimensity 8300
1506
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
Dimensity 8300
+20%
4844
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1107494
Dimensity 8300
+36%
1502988
SiliconCat Rating
32
Ranks 32 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 8300
