Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 900

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (with Adreno 619 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 900 (Mali-G68 MP4). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • Announced 1-year and 5-months later
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 900
  • Performs 47% better in floating-point computations
  • 20% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2000 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 24%) AnTuTu 10 score – 517K vs 415K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~9%)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
517171
CPU 142027 166403
GPU 72639 88444
Memory 89612 128743
UX 110607 132019
Total score 415418 517171

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression - 109.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 59.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 82.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection - 43.6 images/sec
HDR - 68.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur - 6 images/sec
Photo processing - 20.6 images/sec
Ray tracing - 3.07 Mpixels/sec
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 12 FPS
Score 1039 2169

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and Dimensity 900

CPU

Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - 10 billion
TDP - 4 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 825 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 2 4
Shading units 128 -
Total shaders 256 -
FLOPS 422.4 Gigaflops 621 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 900 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2022 May 2021
Class Low end Mid range
Model number SM4375 MT6877
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site MediaTek Dimensity 900 official site

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