MediaTek Dimensity 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (60 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2021 (November 2021 vs January 2021)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3050 MHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2021
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6983
Model Name
SM8250-AC
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3050 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3

GPU Specifications

Mali-G710 MP10
GPU name
Adreno 650
850 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
1.632 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
96
Shading units
512
10
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
3200 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
3750 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
1 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9000
1599 +39%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9000
4199 +26%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9000
1105711 +39%
Snapdragon 870
794278
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9000
1665 +24%
Snapdragon 870
1345