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Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Dimensity 9200

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
VS
Dimensity 9200
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Dimensity 9200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (with Adreno 735 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. Specs
  7. Comments (4)

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 8s Gen 3
  • Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9200
  • Performs 64% better in floating-point computations

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
vs
Dimensity 9200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 +2%
1797821
Dimensity 9200
1755232
CPU 556525 549345
GPU 503679 500902
Memory 307418 271291
UX 430199 433694
Total score 1797821 1755232
Samples [287 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 219.8 MB/sec 204.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156.3 pages/sec 147 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 167.8 Mpixels/sec 170.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 113.3 images/sec 127.6 images/sec
HDR 142.1 Mpixels/sec 153.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16.9 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Photo processing 51.2 images/sec 44.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.15 Mpixels/sec 5.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 64 tests 3 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 13.6 images/sec 15.8 images/sec
Face detection 6.39 images/sec 7.83 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.47 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.55 Gpixels/sec 0.57 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.54 Gpixels/sec 0.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.11 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 26.2 Gpixels/sec 20.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1701.5 FPS 2042.2 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 40 tests 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1033 1351
Stability 90% -
Graphics test 8 FPS 10 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 4992 5571
Graphics test 19 FPS 21 FPS
Section 1 22 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 19 FPS 22 FPS
Section 3 16 FPS 19 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3116 3565
Stability 82% 80%
Graphics test 18 FPS 21 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14506 15272
Video editing score 7662 5353
Data manipulation score 15136 13696
Photo editing score 27100 15932
Writing score 19378 18803
Phones tested 14 models Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Saba)AnTuTu 111858540
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9CPU Throttle92%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9Geekbench 6 CPU1952 / 5317
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9AnTuTu 111950942
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9)Geekbench 6 CPU1960 / 5182
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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 8s Gen 3 and Dimensity 9200

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520		 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 ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 17 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 7.5 W 7 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 735 Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4th gen
GPU frequency 1100 MHz 981 MHz
Pipelines 3 11
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 768 1408
FLOPS 1689.6 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 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 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 5G MediaTek T800
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2024 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8635 MT6985
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Comments

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Alex August 2, 2025 at 01:33 PM
Dimensity 9200 is no sloutch, very fast cpu.
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Manong July 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
it depends now on your priority. Dimensity 9200 is no bs! they have the same L2&L3 cache 94% stability and TSMC fabrication. I'd say yes Snapdragon won but see how Dimensity 9200 is doing great. both are great cpus.
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Dickson August 25, 2024 at 12:47 PM
It's correct that the snapdragon won, but things on the ground are not as per the reality here, for example, if am told to choose between the Poco F6 with snapdragon and the Xiaomi 13T pro with dimensity. I will just go for the 13T pro coz of price and performance with better cameras.
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Black hawk September 26, 2024 at 08:28 AM
It's a Diff price range ofc 13T is better
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