Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 9000

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (with Adreno 710 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 (Mali-G710 MP10). 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 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
  • Performs 3.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 173% higher memory bandwidth (60 against 22 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 1504K vs 737K
  • 39% higher CPU clock speed (3050 vs 2200 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1504467
CPU 306912 546692
GPU 74254 290175
Memory 161784 237462
UX 194104 430138
Total score 737054 1504467
Samples [70 tests] [14 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 139.8 MB/sec 170.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 65.8 pages/sec 120.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 99.9 Mpixels/sec 138.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 53.2 images/sec 115.4 images/sec
HDR 88.6 Mpixels/sec 140.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.21 images/sec 15.7 images/sec
Photo processing 25.5 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.04 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 20 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 2.77 images/sec 8.55 images/sec
Face detection 1.45 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.11 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 3.58 Gpixels/sec 16.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 227.3 FPS 1296 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 15 tests 10 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 200 775
Stability 99% 63%
Graphics test 1 FPS 6 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 2332
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11087 -
Video editing score 6838 -
Data manipulation score 8252 -
Photo editing score 30771 -
Writing score 12967 -
Phones tested 10 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (Sergey)AnTuTu 12787624
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (zain)AnTuTu 11731773
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Alexis Santos)AnTuTu 11781186
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Iza)AnTuTu 11787589
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Joseph Gen number)AnTuTu 11811669
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> alominzikkAnTuTu 111500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Alominzikk)AnTuTu 111500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (LukisekCZ)AnTuTu 111584537
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (DG)AnTuTu 111542660
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-30 (Gigimutu1)AnTuTu 111561642

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9000

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 7 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 710 Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU frequency 676 MHz 848 MHz
Pipelines 2 10
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 256 640
FLOPS 346.1 Gigaflops 1085.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 590

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 22 Gb/s 60 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3200 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- 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 X62 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2022 November 2021
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM6450 MT6983
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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