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Snapdragon 845 vs Dimensity 900

Snapdragon 845
VS
Dimensity 900
Snapdragon 845
Dimensity 900

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (with Adreno 630 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (11)

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 845
  • Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
  • 17% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2400 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 900
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 10 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~27%)
  • Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 11 score – 671K vs 572K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 845
vs
Dimensity 900

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 845
572788
Dimensity 900 +17%
671241
CPU 218886 266132
GPU 99670 71827
Memory 111434 150753
UX 142798 182529
Total score 572788 671241
Samples [23 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
Snapdragon 845
2130
Dimensity 900 +14%
2423
Asset compression 99.6 MB/sec 120 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 66.6 pages/sec 64.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 79.8 Mpixels/sec 73.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 16.9 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
HDR 67.5 Mpixels/sec 76.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.59 images/sec 7.34 images/sec
Photo processing 19.9 images/sec 21.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.88 Mpixels/sec 3.23 Mpixels/sec
Samples 8 tests 5 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 6.06 images/sec 3.56 images/sec
Face detection 2.98 images/sec 1.74 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 1.24 Gpixels/sec 7.08 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 541.1 FPS 403.2 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 7 tests Less than 3

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 228
Graphics test - 2 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 460 609
Stability 90% 99%
Graphics test 2 FPS 3 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Snapdragon 845
8977
Dimensity 900 +60%
14320
Web score 7215 13144
Video editing score 6392 8031
Data manipulation score 6714 9360
Photo editing score 18641 30860
Writing score 9480 19188
Phones tested 3 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 53 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 55 FPS
[High]		 -
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 48 FPS
[High]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Pocophone F1
1080 x 2246		 -
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 845
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)CPU Throttle93%
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)Geekbench 6 GPU2613
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)Geekbench 6 CPU570 / 2056
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)AnTuTu 11640111
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Bisfy)AnTuTu 11572788
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MediaTek Dimensity 900
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (CaRi1306)AnTuTu 11634075
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-04 (Jeans)AnTuTu 11709600
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-10 (Arun)AnTuTu 11595729
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-23 (Adit Tia Pratama)AnTuTu 11671241
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-07 (Vishnu)Geekbench 6 CPU846 / 3076
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 845 and Dimensity 900

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2800 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 256 KB -
L3 cache 2 MB 2 MB
Process 10 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 3 billion 10 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 630 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 710 MHz 900 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 512 128
FLOPS 727 Gigaflops 230.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29.8 Gb/s -
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X20 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2017 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SDM845 MT6877
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site MediaTek Dimensity 900 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
298 (30.8%)
670 (69.2%)
Total votes: 968

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Comments

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Matthew April 13, 2025 at 05:00 PM
Finally, i can pretend my Dimensity 900 phone using snapdragon 845
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Anonymous December 13, 2023 at 05:23 AM
I've read the above threads and they were really helpful. I believe that the Lite will perform just fine for its price, unless you compare it with Odin 2.
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KD88 August 9, 2023 at 12:58 AM
Anyone who found their way here looking up the Odin Lite/Pro chips. The D900 is the chip in the Odin Lite and the Snapdragon 845 is in the Odin Base/Pro... this just goes to show that you cannot always count on naming and price to tell you what the better/more powerful product is. They are pretty close in performance but the Lite offers WiFi 6 and BT 5.2. I have zero issues playing PS2 and GC games on my Odin Lite and actually in a lot of tests the Lite model performs better than the Pro/Base. Also the Lite model (D900) is more efficient and should have slightly better battery life. So just make sure you do your research before you overspend just because you see the word "Pro"... it does not always mean it is better.
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Cylux April 24, 2022 at 02:25 AM
Would Dimensity 900 be able to run Diablo Immortals Android? Spec requirements: https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/191842
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Azad July 22, 2022 at 05:36 AM
Yes it can my weak phone with g70 runs it and d900 is way better than g70
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Thomas August 4, 2022 at 04:41 AM
Exynos 9611 or Snapdragon 660 chip is the minimum requirement... relax D900 is more than enough
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Jennifer January 31, 2022 at 04:56 PM
These are the two chips available in the Ayn Odin Android device. Really interesting to see the Dimensity come out on top so often since that's the chip in the cheaper version!
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Frank March 31, 2022 at 10:43 PM
I search this for the same reason. For me, I think having the Lite version with the Ram and storage updated is quite similar to the pro version, including that you could have the cold gray color without buying the super pack option. Crossing my fingers that the Lite version supports the PS2 emulation.
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Maske September 14, 2022 at 03:42 PM
Frank, SD845 is better for AetherSX2. It has three intensive threads and you need "three big cores". Plus better drivers.
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Wotan October 26, 2022 at 06:55 AM
Maske, Sorry, that is just wrong. SD845 has a75 cores, while the d900 has two a78 as big cores, which are a lot faster. There's plenty of material on YT showing the Odin Lite being at least the emulation monster as the Pro, and with PS2 emulation the Lite is even better in the majority of games. Still, there are three smart reasons to go for the pro (at least for the moment), and that is if you want to put Windows on your handheld, or if your main interest is the emulation of 3DS and Switch. Both of these emulators are not (yet) very well optimized for d900, so they do run a lot better on the Pro model. Also, the Pro can run Windows, but the Lite can not. I for my part don't care much for Windows on Arm and for said two consoles, but a lot for GC, DC, PSP, PS1, and PS2, and all of these run silky smooth on the Lite and allow HD resolutions with most of the games. Another department where Lite is superior is connectivity. I mean, you can even use the device as a full-blown smartphone, if you wish to.
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KD88 August 9, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Wotan, Exactly. You broke it down perfectly. I try to explain this to people when they ask about the Lite vs Pro/Base Odin.. The Lite version (which is what I got) would seem to be the lesser of the models with the naming and the price but unless you really care about having Windows (I do not) or running 3DS/Switch (Again, I do not) then you're most likely better off going with the Lite model. I love the WiFi 6 in the Lite and it allows me to stream from my gaming PC effortlessly (So even if I did want to play Switch I could emulate it from there). And as far as PS2 and GameCube I've yet to run into a game that I play that it can't handle.
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