MediaTek Dimensity 9300
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (3250 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2023 vs November 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2023
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 9300
Model Name
SM8845
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3250 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
22.7
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Adreno 840
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
5.9904 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
9600 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

3.5
L2 Cache
-
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9300
2225
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804 +26%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9300
7857
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +28%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo iQOO Neo9 Pro (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
7801
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
8535
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo Pad 3 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
1884
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo Pad 3 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
14205
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388