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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 67 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 60 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
960
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
1,442
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
2,819
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
4,679

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855MediaTek Dimensity 8300
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1)
ArchitectureKryo 485Cortex-A715 / -A510
Technology7 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorQualcomm Snapdragon 845
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.84 GHz
1x Cortex-A715
3.35 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
3x Cortex-A715
3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A510
2.20 GHz
L2-Cache1.75 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 640ARM Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.59 GHz1.40 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 3846 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm4 nm
Release dateQ1/2019Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineMediatek APU
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPSAPU 780
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels44
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2018Q4/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz

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