Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 2 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
November 2022
November 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8550-AB
Dimensity 8300
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 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
3200 MHz
3350 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 740
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1400 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
2
6
Shading units
1280
-
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
7
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
64 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
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 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
6.3 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 8300
- Higher Frequency: 3350 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 68.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (November 2022 vs November 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+32%
1993
Dimensity 8300
1506
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+10%
5328
Dimensity 8300
4844
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+2%
1535202
Dimensity 8300
1502988
SiliconCat Rating
18
Ranks 18 among all SOC on our website
25
Ranks 25 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 8300
