Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300
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 9300 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 9300
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3200 MHz
3250 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 740
Mali Immortalis-G720 MC12
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1300 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
5.9904 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
1280
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
-
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5T
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
9600 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
1 MB
3.5
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 + MCQ
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
MediaTek NPU 790 (Generative AI)
TDP
6.3 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 9300
- Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 76.8 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (November 2022 vs November 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Dimensity 9300
+12%
2225
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Dimensity 9300
+47%
7857
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1535202
Dimensity 9300
+37%
2109832
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3377
Dimensity 9300
+79%
6049
SiliconCat Rating
18
Ranks 18 among all SOC on our website
10
Ranks 10 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9300
