Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9000

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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: 3800 MHz (3800 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs November 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
November 2025
Launch Date
November 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
MT6983
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
3050 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.632 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
96
-
Execution units
10
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
3200 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
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
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
1 MB
- 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 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 Gen 5
2804 +75%
Dimensity 9000
1599
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +140%
Dimensity 9000
4199

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
Vivo X80
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
833
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
Lenovo Tab Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
15508