Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9600M
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 9600M mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Launch Date
November 2022
September 2026
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
System Level Cache (SLC)
-
10 MB
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8550-AB
MT6993
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 4.21 GHz Arm C1-Ultra + 3x 3.50 GHz Arm C1-Premium + 4x 2.70 GHz Arm C1-Pro
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
3 nm
Frequency
3200 MHz
4.21 GHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Armv9.3-A, AArch64, SME2
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 740
Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU frequency
680 MHz
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
WQHD+
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
2
12
Shading units
1280
-
OpenCL version
2.0
OpenCL 3.0
Vulkan version
1.1
Vulkan 1.4
DirectX version
12.1
-
Connectivity
Cellular specific functions
-
5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback
Cellular technologies
-
3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM
Downlink functions
-
Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7.4 Gbps
Modem power saving technologies
-
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement
Uplink functions
-
Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
Bluetooth 6.0, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
10667 MT/s
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
-
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
1 MB
7 MB total (1x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 4x 512 KB)
L3 cache
-
16 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
320 MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 4.1 (4-lane)
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 60 FPS cinematic mode
Display refresh rate
-
180 Hz
AI features
-
Agentic AI Engine, Gemini Nano 4, Qwen 3.5 Omni 4B, 4K text-to-image generation, AI super zoom, AI composition assistance, AI anti-shake, camera agent
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
MediaTek NPU 990 + ultra-efficient CIM NPU
TDP
6.3 W
-
Advantages
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 4.21 GHz)
Dimensity 9600M
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (November 2022 vs September 2026)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Dimensity 9600M
+42%
2832
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Dimensity 9600M
+49%
7925
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3377
Dimensity 9600M
+56%
5272
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1757044
Dimensity 9600M
+128%
4011932
SiliconCat Rating
47
Ranks 47 among all SOC on our website
26
Ranks 26 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9600M
