Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus 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 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs July 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2025
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
MT6983Z
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
933 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7913 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
2960 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
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
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)
MediaTek APU 590

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +127%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +180%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612 +98%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1827
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588 +243%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Vivo iQOO Neo7
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
909
3DMark Wild Life
Realme GT8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
22090
Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
9510
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
2648
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
50760
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
20070