Mediatek Dimensity 9300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3250 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
3.5 MB
0
L3 cache
0
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Process
4 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
22.7
2
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
—
64 KB
TDP
—
11 W
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
—
1
Shading units
—
256
Vulkan version
—
1.0
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5T
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
9600 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 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 10000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 7000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2023
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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MSM8996 Pro-AC
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,073,613
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Geekbench 6
2,225
391
Geekbench 6
7,857
797
FP32 (float)
5,990
334
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.