Overview - Dimensity 930 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 930 vs Snapdragon 8 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 930 29
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 930 22
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 930 79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 930 43
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 930 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU 137539 495720
GPU 130844 914123
Memory 97521 361002
UX 140904 338475
Total score 506808 2109320
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 50% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 930 (3300 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 930 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 316.20% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 930 (2,109 K vs 507 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 930.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 930 780
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 930 2469
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

87%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

103%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 12 MB
  • Process 6 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name IMG BXM-8-256 Adreno 750
  • Architecture PowerVR B-Series Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency - 770 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency - 4800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 77 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE. Cat.24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
  • 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 930

CPU
29%
GPU
22%
Memory
0%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

CPU
91%
GPU
96%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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