Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 9200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (with Adreno 730 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 (Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11). 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 9200
  • Performs 43% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.3 against 51.2 GB/s)
  • Announced 11-months later
  • Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1214K vs 1121K
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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
1214632
CPU 319867 387238
GPU 405165 265247
Memory 166062 288889
UX 225624 269512
Total score 1121772 1214632

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 154.9 MB/sec 204.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 112.7 pages/sec 147 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 147.2 Mpixels/sec 170.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 94 images/sec 127.6 images/sec
HDR 122 Mpixels/sec 153.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 13.8 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Photo processing 36.3 images/sec 44.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.39 Mpixels/sec 5.32 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 70% 94%
Graphics test 37 FPS 74 FPS
Score 6287 12397

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 42 FPS
[Ultra]
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Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 40 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9200

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X3
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3000 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 17 billion
TDP 5.3 W -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4th gen
GPU frequency 818 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 2 11
Shading units 768 192
Total shaders 1536 2112
FLOPS 2512.8 Gigaflops 3590.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 68.3 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 690
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 MediaTek T800
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 MT6985
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9200 official site

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