MediaTek Dimensity 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3050 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
1024 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
4 nm
14 nm
TDP
4 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Transistor count
-
2

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
850 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
10
1
Shading units
96
256
Vulkan version
1.1
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3200 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Nov 2021
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MT6983
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,084,030
-
Geekbench 6
1,599
391
Geekbench 6
4,199
797
FP32 (float)
1,632
334