Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon 860
Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510 1x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 3200 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.1-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP 4 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon 860
L1 cache 1024 KB Not available
L2 cache 3.5 MB Not available
L3 cache 8 MB 2 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon 860
GPU Mali-G710 MC10 Adreno 640
GPU architecture Valhall 3 Adreno 600
GPU clock Not available 675 MHz
Execution units 10 2
Shaders 512 384
FLOPS Not available 1037 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Hexagon 690

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon 860
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon 860
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon 860
Release July 2022 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available SM8150-AC
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Devices in database 4 2
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

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