Qualcomm and MediaTek mobile chipsets are undeniably the driving force for every other Android smartphone and tablet available in the market. While there are a couple of other players in this market, both these brands have got a stronghold. The Snapdragon 870 is a premium range Qualcomm chipset that offers reliable performance along with 5G network support and has been used by multiple popular premium Android phones. MediaTek has been competing Qualcomm’s high-range Snapdragon 800 series chipsets.
The Dimensity 9000 is one of the latest flagship MediaTek chipset that is giving some tough competition to the new-generation Snapdragon 800 series processors including the Snapdragon 870 SoC. We have compared both these mobile chipsets to see which one offers a better spec-sheet.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Vs Dimensity 9000 Chipset: CPU Architecture
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 is a 7nm chipset that has octa-cores comprising a single 3.2GHz Cortex-A77 core, three Cortex-A77 cores clocked at 2.42GHz, and four Cortex A-55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. The instruction set is ARMv8.2A and the frequency range is 3200MHz. The MediaTek has used an altered ARMv9-A instruction set for the Dimensity 9000 chipset which is designed on a thinner 4nm fabrication process.
The Dimensity 9000 chipset has a single Cortex-X2 core clocked at 3.05GHz, three 2.85GHz Cortex-A710 cores, and four Cortex-A510 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. The overall frequency range is 3050MHz. Out of both, the Dimensity 9000 processor has a better CPU architecture compared to the Snapdragon 870. However, the Qualcomm chipset doesn’t fall behind much.
Dimensity 9000 Vs Snapdragon 870 Processor: GPU Hardware
The MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset ships with an integrated Mali-G710 GPU support which has the Valhall 3 architecture. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset embeds the Adreno 600 GPU architecture based Adreno 650 GPU. The Snapdragon 870 processor has a 675Mz of GPU frequency with two execution and 512 shading units.
Whereas, the Dimensity 9000 processor comes with 850MHz GPU frequency and 10 execution, 512 shading units. The Dimensity 9000 processor has 1.1 Vulkan version, 2.0 OpenCL, and 12 DirectX version. The figures are same with the SD 870. The GPU performance is slightly better with the Dimensity chipset.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Vs Dimensity 9000 SoC: Memory, Multimedia (ISP)
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset has the LPDDR5 memory integrated, while the Dimensity 9000 processor has the advanced LPDDR5X RAM support. The former chipset comes offers a 2750MHz frequency, while the latter has a higher 3750MHz memory frequency. Qualcomm has integrated support for UFS 3.0 and UFS 3.1 storage, whereas MediaTek has opted for the higher UFS 3.1 storage support only.
The maximum display resolution supported by the Snapdragon 870 chipset is 2160 x 3840 pixels resolution. This is lower on the Dimensity 9000 at 1440 x 2960 pixels. The max camera resolution compatibility with SD 870 is 1 x 200MP and 2 x 25MP. The Dimensity 9000 chipset takes a lead here with 1 x 320MP and 3x32MP camera resolution support. Qualcomm SD 870 can record and playback up to 8K@30fps and the Dimensity 9000 processor can only record and playback up to 4K@30fps videos.
