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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Dimensity 9300 Plus

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
VS
Dimensity 9300 Plus
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Dimensity 9300 Plus

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (with Adreno 825 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. Specs
  7. Comments (8)

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 70% better in floating-point computations
  • 6% higher CPU clock speed (3400 vs 3210 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~13%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
Dimensity 9300 Plus

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 645495 703826
GPU 809405 790915
Memory 372805 326393
UX 486712 527114
Total score 2314417 2348248
Samples [457 tests] [94 tests]
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 293.4 MB/sec 300.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 204.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 207.8 Mpixels/sec 254.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 152.7 images/sec 161.7 images/sec
HDR 216.4 Mpixels/sec 239.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 23.4 images/sec 25.8 images/sec
Photo processing 55.2 images/sec 69 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.25 Mpixels/sec 7.77 Mpixels/sec
Samples 50 tests 38 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 33.5 images/sec 26.8 images/sec
Face detection 16.8 images/sec 12 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.69 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.77 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.2 Gpixels/sec 0.84 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 70.4 Gpixels/sec 30.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2750.3 FPS 3146.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 35 tests 26 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1688 1831
Stability 83% 91%
Graphics test 13 FPS 14 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 7641 7559
Graphics test 29 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 34 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 24 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3705 5071
Graphics test 22 FPS 30 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15597 12141
Video editing score 7750 5576
Data manipulation score 13734 12937
Photo editing score 26988 29738
Writing score 17764 22352
Phones tested 8 models 11 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Av23)AnTuTu 122484373
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (F)Geekbench 7 GPU11776
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (F)Geekbench 7 CPU1803 / 6518
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-08 (Jk)AnTuTu 122384830
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Илья)AnTuTu 122410797
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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 8s Gen 4 and Dimensity 9300 Plus

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720		 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3210 MHz 3400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 22.7 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 7.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 825 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Adreno 800 5th gen
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 2 12
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1024 1536
FLOPS 2355.2 Gigaflops 3993.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 790

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5T
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 Snapdragon X75 MediaTek T830
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2025 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8735 MT6989, MT6989W/TCZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

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Comments

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Zero July 23, 2026 at 09:12 PM
9300+ is better but checking the smartphone market right now I don't think you should buy it. Most phones are in similar price point which uses Dimensity 9400+ so that's even better
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Qweskrtish June 20, 2026 at 08:01 PM
i will select 8s gen 4 because mtk devices dont have support for custom roms.
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VRR July 14, 2025 at 06:20 PM
This is the power of MediaTek Dimensity 9300+. Playing Very demanding game - Bright Memory on ULTRA GRAPHICS with Ray tracing. https://youtu.be/08HhVrURJ0k?si=KJT26qSvWJIx-5iI MediaTek is very good now and also affordable.
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CinisS October 1, 2025 at 02:52 AM
8s gen 4 power of 9300
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RealMtta June 18, 2025 at 03:36 PM
How the multicore on Dimensity is only better by 10% while it has 4x cortex x4 cores and sd 8s gen4 only has 1x cortex x4 core. It might be at least 30% better
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dude July 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
its about optimisations and instructions per clock,, cortex x4 can mean anything, it can be clocked at 1ghz or 500mhx, it doesnt matter since one can be optimised better.
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XYZ April 28, 2025 at 04:58 AM
Xiaomi 14T pro vs Redmi Turbo 4 pro goes hard πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
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14T Pro or Poco F7 April 19, 2025 at 09:48 PM
i will go with 14t pro
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