Overview - Dimensity 8300 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8300 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoCs by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 8300 57
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8300 58
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8300 86
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8300 67
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8300 Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 282796 256787
GPU 542690 272332
Memory 328720 177778
UX 249840 159966
Total score 1404046 866863
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8300

  • Dimensity 8300 has 27.38% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (3350 vs 2630 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8300 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8300 has 61.97% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (1,404 K vs 867 K).
  • Dimensity 8300 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3.
  • Dimensity 8300 Support 166.41% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (68.2 vs 25.6 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8300 1512
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 1128

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8300 4886
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 3375

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @ 120Hz, FHD+ @ 180Hz WFHD+@168 Hz, WQHD+@120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10, Ultra HDR
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

89%
Turbo Clock Speed

3350 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2630 MHz

100%
Base Frequency

2200 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
    1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G615 MP6 Adreno 720
  • Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1400 MHz -
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 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 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X63
  • 4G support - LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Dimensity 8300

CPU
57%
GPU
58%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

CPU
44%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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