Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
and
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (3000 MHz vs 4.55 GHz)
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (4 nm vs 2 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (March 2024 vs September 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
March 2024
Launch Date
September 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
System Level Cache (SLC)
10 MB
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
MT6995
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 4.55 GHz Arm C2-Ultra + 3x 4.35 GHz Arm C2-Pro + 3x 3.10 GHz Arm C2-Pro
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
2 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
4.55 GHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 735
GPU name
Arm Mali-G2 Ultra NX
750 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
786
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
WQHD+
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
-
Cellular specific functions
5G/4G Triple SIM Triple Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback
-
Cellular technologies
3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM
-
Downlink functions
Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
>7.4 Gbps
-
Modem power saving technologies
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement
-
Uplink functions
Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
Yes
Yes
5G support
Yes, 5G-Advanced
5.4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.2, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR6 / LPDDR5X
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
10667 MT/s
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
8.5 MB (2x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 3x 512 KB)
8 MB
L3 cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
200 MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 5.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 240 FPS slow-motion; 4K at 60 FPS HDR
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
VVC (H.266), HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1, MV-HEVC
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit
-
Display refresh rate
180 Hz
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
Armv9.3-A
-
AI features
Native AI Architecture, Dimensity Agentic AI Engine, AI Compute Fusion, Neural Graphics Architecture, AI Imaging Fusion Architecture, on-device MoE inference, edge-training LLM, KV-cache compression
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 1090 + Super Efficient NPU 2.0
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Dimensity 9600 Pro
4346
+165%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
Dimensity 9600 Pro
13052
+227%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1797821
Dimensity 9600 Pro
4838033
+169%
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