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Snapdragon 870 vs Dimensity 9300 Plus

Snapdragon 870
VS
Dimensity 9300 Plus
Snapdragon 870
Dimensity 9300 Plus

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (with Adreno 650 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus (Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
  • Performs 3.9x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.3x) AnTuTu 11 score – 2348K vs 1010K
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 870
  • Higher GPU frequency (~94%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Supports 75% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 44 GB/s)
  • 6% higher CPU clock speed (3400 vs 3200 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Dimensity 9300 Plus

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 870
1010069
Dimensity 9300 Plus +132%
2348248
CPU 378231 703826
GPU 155526 790915
Memory 174975 326393
UX 301337 527114
Total score 1010069 2348248
Samples [102 tests] [94 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 160.2 MB/sec 300.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.7 pages/sec 204.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 116.8 Mpixels/sec 254.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 80 images/sec 161.7 images/sec
HDR 108 Mpixels/sec 239.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12 images/sec 25.8 images/sec
Photo processing 33.5 images/sec 69 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.41 Mpixels/sec 7.77 Mpixels/sec
Samples 34 tests 38 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 5.01 images/sec 26.8 images/sec
Face detection 2.04 images/sec 12 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.69 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.84 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.3 Gpixels/sec 30.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 650.5 FPS 3146.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 18 tests 26 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 1831
Stability - 91%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 7559
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Section 1 - 32 FPS
Section 2 - 29 FPS
Section 3 - 24 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1224 5071
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 7 FPS 30 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11701 12141
Video editing score 5825 5576
Data manipulation score 9987 12937
Photo editing score 28690 29738
Writing score 15274 22352
Phones tested 2 models 11 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 102 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 49 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4
1080 x 2400		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Shiro1577)AnTuTu 121179210
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (sayato)AnTuTu 121239133
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 -> AzuNoBelAnTuTu 121251812
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Ambarukmo_id)AnTuTu 121182612
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 -> sbx.777AnTuTu 121143560
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MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (wrongalik)AnTuTu 122479097
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Purushotam Prajapat)AnTuTu 122403705
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> NFS6410AnTuTu 122626976
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (ThΓ nh)AnTuTu 122400294
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (NK808)AnTuTu 122667628
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Dimensity 9300 Plus

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 3400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 22.7 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 7.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 600 5th gen
GPU frequency 670 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 3 12
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 768 1536
FLOPS 1029.1 Gigaflops 3993.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 MediaTek NPU 790

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5T
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem X55 MediaTek T830
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2021 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-AC MT6989, MT6989W/TCZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

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