Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs Dimensity 9000

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 (with Adreno 732 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
  • Performs 34% better in floating-point computations
  • Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
  • Supports 12% higher memory bandwidth (67.2 against 60 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 10%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1660K vs 1504K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9000
  • 9% higher CPU clock speed (3050 vs 2800 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 562487 546692
GPU 419835 290175
Memory 279528 237462
UX 399074 430138
Total score 1660924 1504467
Samples [66 tests] [14 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 208.2 MB/sec 170.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 152.6 pages/sec 120.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 165.9 Mpixels/sec 138.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 117.5 images/sec 115.4 images/sec
HDR 157.3 Mpixels/sec 140.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16.6 images/sec 15.7 images/sec
Photo processing 49.1 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.63 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 23 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.9 images/sec 8.55 images/sec
Face detection 5.81 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.52 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.47 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 23.1 Gpixels/sec 16.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1469.7 FPS 1296 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 16 tests 10 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 967 775
Stability 98% 63%
Graphics test 7 FPS 6 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3000 2332
Stability 63% 71%
Graphics test 17 FPS 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
Web score 18307 -
Video editing score 6702 -
Data manipulation score 13620 -
Photo editing score 41779 -
Writing score 23052 -
Phones tested 4 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Abolfazl)AnTuTu1753254
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (Abolfazl)AnTuTu1753254
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Sameem irfan)AnTuTu1721075
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH)GeekBench GPU9571
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH)GeekBench CPU1884 / 5226
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> alominzikkAnTuTu1500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Alominzikk)AnTuTu1500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (LukisekCZ)AnTuTu1584537
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (DG)AnTuTu1542660
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-30 (Gigimutu1)AnTuTu1561642

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and Dimensity 9000

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2800 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5.5 W 4 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 732 Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU frequency 950 MHz 848 MHz
Pipelines 3 10
Shading units 256 64
Total shaders 768 640
FLOPS 1459.2 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 67.2 Gb/s 60 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 3200 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 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 Snapdragon X63 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2024 November 2021
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7675-AB MT6983
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 official site -
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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