Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs November 2021)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2025
Launch Date
November 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
MT6983
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3050 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.632 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
96
-
Execution units
10
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3200 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 7000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+135%
Dimensity 9000
1599
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+201%
Dimensity 9000
4199
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+117%
Dimensity 9000
1665
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+278%
Dimensity 9000
1105711
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Vivo X80
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
833
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
OnePlus Nord 3
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
778
3DMark Wild Life
Realme GT8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
22090
Vivo X80
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8573
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
Vivo X80
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
2401
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Lenovo Tab Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
37061
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Lenovo Tab Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
15508
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