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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 8300

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Dimensity 8300
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Dimensity 8300

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (with Adreno 740 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (Mali-G615 MP6). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (36)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Dimensity 8300
  • Shows better (up to 10%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1757K vs 1604K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8300
  • Higher GPU frequency (~2.1x)
  • 5% higher CPU clock speed (3350 vs 3200 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
Dimensity 8300

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +10%
1757044
Dimensity 8300
1604305
CPU 553922 482670
GPU 434880 432750
Memory 311861 299238
UX 456381 389647
Total score 1757044 1604305
Samples [238 tests] [103 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 218.9 MB/sec 174.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.2 pages/sec 128.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.3 Mpixels/sec 146.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 133 images/sec 93.5 images/sec
HDR 167.2 Mpixels/sec 136.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 18.8 images/sec 12.2 images/sec
Photo processing 34.5 images/sec 37.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.78 Mpixels/sec 4.97 Mpixels/sec
Samples 132 tests 50 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 16.5 images/sec
Face detection 5.1 images/sec 9.4 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.53 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.56 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.46 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 32.6 Gpixels/sec 16.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2177.4 FPS 1671.3 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 66 tests 27 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1092 881
Stability 67% 77%
Graphics test 8 FPS 7 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 5312 3688
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 20 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 16 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 12 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3667 2768
Stability 45% -
Graphics test 21 FPS 16 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13957 14649
Video editing score 7265 6419
Data manipulation score 14272 12555
Photo editing score 32179 23328
Writing score 17828 18403
Phones tested 9 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 90 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 118 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro
1116 x 2480		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Saad_irqAnTuTu 121959121
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> sento raitoAnTuTu 122035354
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Babababi)AnTuTu 121953931
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> RennsportCPU Throttle80%
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (INDONESIA #1 CORRUPTION!!!!)AnTuTu 122078431
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Toni)AnTuTu 121997354
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Toni)AnTuTu 121886537
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Wowok)AnTuTu 122108625
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Yuno)AnTuTu 122214593
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 8300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 3350 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8.5 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G615 MP6
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4rd gen
GPU frequency 680 MHz 1400 MHz
Pipelines 3 6
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 2150.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 780

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 67.2 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 MediaTek T800
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced November 2022 November 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8550-AB MT6897
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site MediaTek Dimensity 8300 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
    - There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.
Notes on Dimensity 8300:
    - Dimensity 8300 Ultra is identical to the Dimensity 8300 (without "Ultra") regarding technical specifications and performance.

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Comments

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User133 December 14, 2025 at 07:09 PM
I have used both the Dimensity 8300 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processors. On benchmarks, they seem relatively close, but in real-world and gaming usage, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is better and faster than the Dimensity 8300. I believe the Dimensity 8300 is closer in performance to the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.
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Bigdick244 March 13, 2026 at 03:33 PM
I agree my friend. Also Snapdragon are more optimize most game developers than Mediatek
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CCCC December 8, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Compute Score (GPU) Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 9064 Dimensity 8300 +3% 9371
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CCCCC December 20, 2024 at 08:25 AM
3DMark Wild Life Performance Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +28% 12473 Dimensity 8300 9768
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kem September 15, 2024 at 10:25 AM
For, I'll probably skip. I agree, 8300 is powerful, but let's not forget how overclocked it was. We know Xiaomi motherboards have issues, especially when it's OC. - High temperature - Optimization issues - Leading to Deadboot.
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sheeesh November 19, 2024 at 06:43 AM
deadboot is just a thing in the past now. that's exactly the reason why hyperOS exists and besides not all xiaomi phones have deadboot issues. you're the one who has issues
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Ajay July 21, 2024 at 05:18 AM
Performance D8300 up 3. 35 GHZ more than 8 gen 2 3.2 GHZ
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King Miracle. July 7, 2024 at 03:47 AM
If I'll pay over 400$ more, for a 2% performance increase, it's not worth it. X6 pro is King here.
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Shinobi March 13, 2025 at 02:08 AM
Poor you can pay only 50$ to get 30% performance increase
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Mario March 29, 2024 at 02:58 PM
From what I've seen, they are some fanatic novices. Now it so happens that the 8300 is supposedly superior to the S. Dragon 8 Gen 2 and the Dimensity 9200 Plus. And for sure, it's also deemed superior to the 8 Gen 3.
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S.I May 31, 2024 at 04:04 PM
D8300 is definitely better than 7+gen2, since I compared it live, maybe in total d8300 has the same level as 7+gen3/8s gen3, since d8300 has a better gpu, although a worse cpu, but I can definitely say that d8300, 7+ gen2 and the same 7+gen3, 8s gen3 will be worse than 8 gen2, as they are weaker in terms of gpu and software limited, however, these are not flagship solutions, unlike 8gen2. But some d8400, 7+gen 4, 8s gen4 can already be better than 8 gen2, it would be logical, since the current middle peasants (antutu 10.2.5 my d8300(hyperos1.0.9.0) 1.49 million, bypasses the average result of samsung23 ultra(1.479864), realme gt5 240w(1490318), 7+gen2 antutu 10.2.5(hyperos)1.17m., but it is worth understanding that these are average indicators for devices, not maximum, and it also depends on different conditions, types of memory, cooling system, firmware so what..., that’s why it turns out like this, but if you compare only 8gen2 chipsets, it will be better, but the difference will not be as noticeable as it was before sub-flagship chipsets, this niche was relatively recent and it blurs the boundaries between average and flagship) close to 8 gen 2
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Lancem March 12, 2024 at 05:14 PM
How on earth did you achieve Geekbench 6 scores of 1498 and 4800 for the D8300? Can you provide any proof? Even the Ultra doesn't score that high!
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fa ge March 18, 2024 at 02:53 AM
The D8300 and D8300U are identical chips; however, Xiaomi has made slight improvements to the image processing in the D8300U.
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Munn March 21, 2024 at 02:17 AM
Because of the Cpu setting using cortex a715 but they should just use cortex a720 or cortex-x2/x3
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aRkaNit April 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM
The maximum I achieved was 1393 and 4461.
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Zero September 5, 2025 at 01:59 PM
Aparently performance mode with strong cooling.
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Corre February 26, 2024 at 02:33 AM
The Dimensity 8300 is throttling because of Xiaomi's HyperOs. If it were still in MIUI, it would be dominating the 8 Gen 2. The issue is that the Dimensity 8300 is lacking optimization.
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Chirag YADAV February 23, 2024 at 08:36 AM
The top-performing processor is the 8300 Ultra. The best processor is the budget price. Offers excellent performance and value for money. This processor is in the Poco X6 Pro. The price is $29,000 (RAM: 12GB / ROM: 512GB.) It's the best budget phone.
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Lol March 22, 2024 at 01:39 AM
Only thing is the garbage cameras on x6 pro sadly.
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ibram March 26, 2024 at 06:51 AM
Lol, No one buys the X6 Pro for its cameras. If the cameras were of higher quality, the X6 Pro would be much more expensive. This would be an undesirable situation for buyers who want a high-performance budget phone.
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Zelda April 30, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Lol, The camera is just fine and competes well with similarly priced smartphones.
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Dika May 26, 2024 at 04:51 AM
Are you serious? The selling price is $25 for one chip? Where do you get the information from?
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Mahdi Sadeghi May 9, 2025 at 04:19 AM
Zelda, i have X6 Pro, i hate Xiaomi softwares (specially miui 13+ and Game Turbo) but the camera, its really good specially the front camera for a budget phone! lets not forget that its fcking cheap πŸ˜…
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Lol August 5, 2025 at 02:41 AM
Mahdi Sadeghi, The camera is indeed bad because I don't want to buy this thing
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prasanth February 15, 2024 at 10:52 AM
I recently bought the Poco X6 Pro, a beast of a device that I anticipate will offer seamless performance for the next three years at least, without any sign of slowing down or lagging. If we were to compare it with an 8 Gen 2 device, I would argue that it's not a fair comparisonβ€” the Poco X6 Pro with its Dimensity 8300 Ultra is unquestionably superior.
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yash March 19, 2024 at 05:51 PM
Bro, is there any lag or mobile lags in day-to-day social media usage and gaming? Please tell me. I want to buy the Poco X6 Pro and I want that mobile to perform lag-free for 3 years.
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sam March 20, 2024 at 11:40 PM
yash, I haven't faced any problems with this phone, and I'm a heavy user. I play PUBG for around four hours a day and it performs really well, actually.
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chipcrazy January 15, 2024 at 06:29 AM
I hope MediaTek gives Qualcomm a run for their money, just like AMD does with Intel β€” not in terms of sales, but in terms of value and performance.
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Munn December 26, 2023 at 09:34 AM
The Dimensity 8300 is on par with the 8th Gen 2. Just imagine the potential of the Dimensity 8400; they might use Immortalis G715 or G720 to finally rival the 8th Gen 2, and be on par again with the 8th Gen 3 and the 9300.
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Thunderpanda March 8, 2024 at 05:36 AM
Hey bro, I saw you on GSMArena. By the way, I think the Dimensity 8400 will suffer the same fate as the Dimensity 8200 did from the 8100. In my opinion, there's not much improvement in terms of performance and computing capabilities, only AI improvements might be visible.
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Lol March 8, 2024 at 11:34 PM
LOL, it won't. It's going to use the new Mali G620. The 8000 series will continue to use the Mali G600 series, which has become considerably more powerful since the G610. In real-world testing, it's not quite on par with the 8th Gen 2, but it's fantastic for the price. It falls somewhere between the 8 Plus Gen 1 and the 8th Gen 2. The only thing holding MediaTek back is that Snapdragon is more optimized. However, this is slowly starting to change as more companies are adopting MediaTek.
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Munn March 21, 2024 at 02:15 AM
Lol, Did you read it, or did you just skip it because I used the phrase "it might"? Also, if MediaTek were to use the Mali G620, they might consider discontinuing the Mali G6xx series and opt for the Mali G7xx. Moreover, they could suggest that Arm create the Mali G8xx GPU. However, all these possibilities are just conjectures and could be characterized by "might".
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messier83 April 23, 2024 at 07:57 PM
Lol, The issue is that the MaliG620 is limited to a maximum of only 5 cores.
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Real69 November 24, 2023 at 12:25 PM
The 8000 series is legendary. It's amazing how it's comparable to the Snapdragon 8th gen series while also being cheaper.
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Guy March 13, 2024 at 03:06 PM
That’s quite basically all modern high-mid range tier chips right now. Like, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 basically rivalled SD8G1 and in some cases even the SD8+G1.
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Lol April 21, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Guy, The 7+ Gen 2 can only match the CPU performance of the 8G1. However, when it comes to GPU performance, the 8 Gen 1 outperforms the 7+ Gen 2 by 20%, and even up to 30% when compared with the 8+ Gen 1. This disparity is evident, largely due to the weaker GPU of the 7+ Gen 2, as reflected in its name - Adreno 725, which is beneath the Adreno 730. According to my knowledge, the D8300 is currently the fastest mid-range chipset. While its GPU is faster than that of the 8+ Gen 1, it's still slower than the 8 Gen 2, and it supports UFS 4.0.
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