Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Samsung Exynos 7872

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 7872 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Samsung Exynos 7872
Architecture 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3250 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors 22.7 billion 2 billion
TDP Not available 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Samsung Exynos 7872
L2 cache 1 MB Not available
L3 cache 18 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5T LPDDR3
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 933 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 1x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 3.7 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Samsung Exynos 7872
GPU Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Mali-G71 MP1
GPU architecture Not available Bifrost
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1200 MHz
Execution units 12 1
Shaders 192 16
FLOPS 5990.4 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX Not available 11
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek APU 790 No

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Samsung Exynos 7872
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 1920 x 1200
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 22MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1080p 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 AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Samsung Exynos 7872
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 7900 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 4
Bluetooth 5.4 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9300Samsung Exynos 7872
Release November 2023 January 2018
Class Flagship Low end
Model number MT6989 S5E7872
Storage support UFS 4.0 eMMC 5.1
Devices in database 3 1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

5G
Oppo Find X7 PHZ110
Oppo

Oppo Find X7 PHZ110

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2780 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo X100 Pro
Vivo

Vivo X100 Pro

2.9
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2800…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo X100
Vivo

Vivo X100

2.9
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2800…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Realme 14x 5G
Realme

Realme 14x 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1604 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6000 mAh

Samsung Exynos 7872

4G
Meizu M6s
Meizu

Meizu M6s

2.6
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 720 × 1440 pixels (5.70 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3000 mAh