MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 62)
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

59/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 59.0 Below Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 62.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 6 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 87% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 590 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 600873 1112833
GPU 274706 1494722
Memory 249021 442350
Total score 1540240 3950082
UX 415640 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7000 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Asset compression 217.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 18.5 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
HDR 161.9 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 151 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Image detection 127.5 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 184.2 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 47.7 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.54 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 79 tests
API — Vulkan
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 1216 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 950 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 10 3
Shading units 64 512
Total shaders 640 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced July 2022 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6983Z SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 60 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3 - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 3200 x 1440 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2023-12-02(Zarko52) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2024-11-09(SMI) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2024-12-23(S M I) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-12-14(WAR_DADDY) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-12-18(S M I) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-29(iPhantom_67) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-13(S M I) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Asus ROG Phone 6D 1540240 —
Phones with Dimensity 9000 Plus AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

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