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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 9200

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Dimensity 9200
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Dimensity 9200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (with Adreno 740 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (30)

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 8 Gen 2
  • 5% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 3050 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9200
  • Higher GPU frequency (~44%)
  • Performs 32% better in floating-point computations

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Dimensity 9200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 553922 549345
GPU 434880 500902
Memory 311861 271291
UX 456381 433694
Total score 1757044 1755232
Samples [238 tests] [4 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 218.9 MB/sec 204.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.2 pages/sec 147 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.3 Mpixels/sec 170.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 133 images/sec 127.6 images/sec
HDR 167.2 Mpixels/sec 153.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 18.8 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Photo processing 34.5 images/sec 44.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.78 Mpixels/sec 5.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 132 tests 3 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 15.8 images/sec
Face detection 5.1 images/sec 7.83 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.53 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.56 Gpixels/sec 0.57 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 32.6 Gpixels/sec 20.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2177.4 FPS 2042.2 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 66 tests 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1092 1351
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 8 FPS 10 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 5312 5571
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 20 FPS 21 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 22 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 19 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3667 3565
Stability 45% 80%
Graphics test 21 FPS 21 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13957 15272
Video editing score 7265 5353
Data manipulation score 14272 13696
Photo editing score 32179 15932
Writing score 17828 18803
Phones tested 9 models Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 90 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
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Fortnite 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 118 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro
1116 x 2480		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Ciciz)AnTuTu 122032599
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Ciciz)AnTuTu 122032599
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Horizon377)AnTuTu 121894819
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (DiKevoLi'Phone)AnTuTu 121844320
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Mil)AnTuTu 121763249
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MediaTek Dimensity 9200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Shigetora)AnTuTu 111811839
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Geoff Jan)AnTuTu 111405303
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-06 (TuαΊ₯n Nguyα»…n)AnTuTu 111755232
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-19 (ColorOS 15)Geekbench 6 GPU9624
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-19 (ColorOS 15)Geekbench 6 CPU1732 / 4274
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9200

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 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 3200 MHz 3050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion 17 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8.5 W 7 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4th gen
GPU frequency 680 MHz 981 MHz
Pipelines 3 11
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1536 1408
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 2762.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 690

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 67.2 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X70 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 3500 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced November 2022 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB MT6985
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
    - There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.

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Comments

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Rokeb August 29, 2026 at 06:54 AM
8 gen 2 shouldn’t take Redmagic as a sample. It's cheating.
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King Miracle. August 13, 2024 at 11:38 AM
That's why I don't trust AnTuTu. AnTuTu tends to favour Chipsets. In this case, both offer similar performance, MediaTek costing lesser.
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PeeCee July 5, 2023 at 06:13 PM
I hope Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500 SoCs score around 2.5 million each in Antutu and a single core score of 2,500+ & multi-core score of 14,000 each in Geekbench (not exactly the same scores but pretty much neck to neck, ie, more or less the same) while they are extremely power-efficient.
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Shaikh November 8, 2023 at 02:09 AM
Both the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Dimensity 9300 score over 2.2 million on Antutu. They have also achieved scores of 2300 and 8000 on Geekbench respectively. I anticipate a 3000 single-core score within the next two years. I believe that 8 Gen 5 and 9500 will exceed 3 million on Antutu with ease. What truly piques my interest, though, is the possibility of a 14000 multicore. That would be awesome.
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ShahbaZ November 12, 2023 at 08:00 AM
The 8th generation 3 reached 2.2 million and the Dimensity 9300 reached just over 2.1 million. Now we're expecting the 8th generation 5 (or maybe the 9th generation, if it arrives) alongside the Dimensity 9500 could reach at least 3.5 million!
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Guest April 17, 2024 at 03:43 AM
ShahbaZ, We already have data for the 8 Gene 4, which scores 3.1 million points, and the Dimensity 9400, which scores 3.5 million points.
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Ys khan November 13, 2024 at 07:09 AM
Dimensity 9500 is next!
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Snapdragon sensation February 27, 2026 at 09:25 AM
They score 4 million actually, it's ridiculous power right there
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PC RAMDINGLIANA July 5, 2023 at 06:07 PM
I think there's a mistake about the clock speed of the GPU ofDimensity 9200 or there's a mistake about dimensity 9200 "plus" processors because it's written here that the clock speed of GPU of DM 9200 is 981 MHz. However, the clock speed of GPU of DM 9200 "plus" processor is also written as 981 MHz, ie, they are the same, which is not true because I think Mediatek explicitly mentioned that the clock speed of GPU of DM 9200 plus is higher than that of DM 9200 and the GPU of DM 9200 plus is around 10% faster than that of DM 9200 GPU. Both of them use Mali G715 Immortalis MC11. So, if DM 9200 plus GPU is 10% faster than the GPU of DM 9200 while they use the same GPU, the clock speed must be different. That's all.
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Guest Ca May 14, 2023 at 03:27 PM
My only concern about the SD Gen 2 is way beyond these numbers. The presence of always sensing camera renders the whole processor useless, as it violates the basic privacy of people. Who would trust this, all their employees, phone makers, app makers, I know only fools would do. Also, audio that always listening, is basically trashing the amazing speed and the other aspects of tech advances. I guess I am staying away from SD for now, until they remove these trash features.
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Snapdragon sensation February 27, 2026 at 09:29 AM
You are ridiculously dumb for saying all this.. You think Apple doesn't do the same shit as well?, always sensing your ugly face. Go buy an Apple product if you care about privacy and stop whining like a little bitch in the comments section
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Deng Li April 24, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Mediatek optimizes its processors for benchmarks resulting in inflated performance on tests that cant be sustained in real-world usage. The clock speed on the Dimensity 9200 is pushed too aggressively resulting in overheating, poor battery life, and system instability. Qualcomm continues to dominate mobile processors. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is the world's most powerful mobile processor not made by Apple.
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MKPROHD May 3, 2023 at 03:16 PM
It's actually the most powerful GPU in a phone, ever. Though Overall, the dimensity clockspeeds are actually slightly lower than 8G2, I don't understand how it's "aggressive".
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Ecko April 24, 2023 at 04:27 AM
Where did you get that newly updated antutu score of dimensity9200? It's much lower than dimensity 9000+.
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Xc9 April 15, 2023 at 04:11 AM
Actually, Memory Frequency Dimensity 9200 is not 4266 MHz, but 8533 MHz.
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Xio August 26, 2023 at 05:24 AM
LoL. Did you even think why Mediatek will have support for 8000Mhz RAM while that technology is 6 years away?
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Boka March 9, 2023 at 03:25 AM
Look that in 3d mark the stability of dimensity 9200 is 95% which is much much better than 8 gen 2's 63% stability. So overall dimensity 9200 wins.
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Requeim July 23, 2023 at 05:19 PM
Watch Geekerwan's review man. That is more accurate than this. 8 gen 2 actually wins against 9200.
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Ishu patel February 8, 2023 at 11:55 AM
A16 bionic 3400 MHz and sd 8gen 2, 3360 MHz are the only galaxy devices πŸ˜‚ Android never beat iOS.
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Taiyyab March 7, 2023 at 07:01 PM
Iphone always loser android is best for customization
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Competition March 9, 2023 at 02:21 PM
Taiyyab, Gonna cry? All games, programs are all bottlenecked by cpu, that's why apple focuses alot on cpu performance
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Ayfh April 10, 2023 at 01:49 PM
Competition, Yea but the iphone heats up and lags insanely after throttling
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Ayfh April 13, 2023 at 11:16 PM
Ayfh, It also takes a while before it does, and it cools faster.
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Deivit April 14, 2023 at 06:04 PM
It's funny because when doing real gaming tests Apple smartphones always lose to Android
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Fred May 26, 2023 at 08:50 AM
iPhones doesn't really have a good cooling system to maintain temp/reduce temp rise. On the long run, if you game for hours and hours, the iPhone will just overheat and throttle, making your game laggy and unplayable.
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Android November 18, 2022 at 06:43 AM
Wrong information antunu score is more in snapdragon 8 gen 2 than 9200 and also geekbench score is more than dimensity 9200.
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David Johnston November 20, 2022 at 02:51 PM
Grow up Android. Will one need Kevlar gloves for using the 8-gen 2-powered phones?
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Shlok November 25, 2022 at 09:57 AM
David Johnston, The old chips from Samsung did that. The 8+gen1 didn't have heating issues. While yes apple has cooler chips than Android but it's not far behind. In fact, except for single core, the 8gen 2 is better at everything than the a16 bionic which is a win for Android this year.
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ItzRandom December 4, 2022 at 01:34 PM
David Johnston, For those who missed this, every android flagship nowadays comes with superior liquid-cooling systems, so you don't need Kevlar gloves to use one.
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deep February 16, 2023 at 04:48 PM
ItzRandom, Like literally bro, apple chips will initially perform better at the start of games, but after 30min-1hr the chip suffocates by its own heat and throttles, whereas phones with vapor chambers perform for hours without a problem. a gaming phone with 6000mah doesn't have concerns about power consumption, it just needs to pump more fps for long times.
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