Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
3800 MHz
3050 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9-A
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
1024 KB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
0
TDP
-
4 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 829
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
850 MHz
Shading units
512
96
Vulkan version
1.4
1.1
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12
Execution units
-
10

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
60 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
3200 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Yes

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2025
Nov 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8845
MT6983
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
1,084,030
Geekbench 6
2,749
1,599
Geekbench 6
9,860
4,199
FP32 (float)
2,457
1,632