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Manufacturer | Qualcomm Mediatekl |
Announced | 24 October, 2023 18 November, 2021 |
Model | SM8650-AB Dimensity 9000 |
Class | Flagship Flagship |
Size | 4nm 4nm |
Cores | 8 8 |
CPU Configuration | 1x 3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 Prime core, 5x3.2 GHz Performance -core and 2x2.3 GHz Efficiency-Core 1x Arm Cortex-X2 at 3.05GHz, 3x Arm Cortex-A710 at 2.85GHz and 4x Arm Cortex-A510 at 1.8GHz |
High Frequency | 3300 MHz 3050 MHz |
Performance Core | 3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2 |
Power Efficient Core | 2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A ARMv9-A |
L1 Cache | 1024 KB |
L2 cache | 3.5 MB |
L3 cache | 8 MB |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 4 W |
Storage Type | UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1 |
GPU | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 750 Arm Mali-G710 MC10 |
GPU frequency | 770 MHz 850 MHz |
GPU Architecture | Adreno 700 Valhall 3 |
FLOPS | 4730.8 |
OpenCL Version | 2.0 2.0 |
DirectX Support | 12 12 |
Vulkan version | 1.3 1.1 |
Shading units | 1536 512 |
Video Encoding |
Codecs: H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)), HDR10, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), Dolby Vision®, HDR10+, H.264 (Advanced Video Coding (AVC)), VP8, VP9, AV1 H.264, HEVC |
Video Playback |
Codecs: H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)), HDR10, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), Dolby Vision®, HDR10+, H.264 (Advanced Video Coding (AVC)), VP8, VP9, AV1 H.264, HEVC, VP-9, AV1 |
Gaming | Snapdragon Elite Gaming™ MediaTek’s HyperEngine 5.0 gaming |
APU / NPU / AI Proc. / Neural IP | Qualcomm® AI Engine (Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU) MediaTek APU 590 |
Extra Feature |
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU • Fused AI accelerator architecture • Hexagon scalar, vector, and tensor accelerators • Hexagon Direct Link • Upgraded Micro Tile Inferencing • Upgraded power delivery system • Support for mix precision (INT8+INT16) • Support for all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16) |
RAM Type | LPDDR5X LPDDR5x |
RAM frequency | 4800 MHz 3750 MHz |
RAM Max | 24 GB 16 GB |
Max Bandwidth | 64 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s |
Bus Speed | 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit |
Cellular Modem | Snapdragon™ X75 5G Modem-RF system Mediatek 5G Modem |
Cellular Technology |
Cellular Technology: sub-6 GHz, HSPA, TDD, LTE, WCDMA, FDD, SA (standalone), NSA (non-standalone), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE, EN-DC, CBRS, NR-DC (mmWave-sub6 dual connectivity), SA (standalone) mmWave, mmWave 2G-5G Multi-Mode, 5G/4G CA, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA, WDCDMA |
5G Modem | |
5G Network | 4x4 MIMO (Sub-6), 2x2 MIMO (mmWave), 8 carriers (mmWave) 300MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback |
5G mmWave | |
5G sub-6 GHz | |
Download Speed | 10 Gbps 7Gbps |
Upload Speed | 3.5 Gbps 2.5Gbps |
Dual SIM | |
Extra Feature |
Multi SIM: Global 5G Multi-SIM, Dual SIM support Qualcomm® DSDA Gen 2 (Dual Data) |
wireless System | Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 7800 System Mediatek Wireless System |
Wi-Fi Band | 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.11a (6 Ghz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz) Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
WiFi-5 | |
WiFi-6 | |
WiFi-6E | |
Wi-Fi 7 | |
Download Speed | 5.8 Gbps Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
Bluetooth | Bluetooth® 5.4 5.3 |
GPS | Qualcomm® Location Suite (Galileo, Beidou, NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, QZSS) GPS L1CA+L5 / BeiDou B1I+ B2a + B1C / Glonass L1OF / Galileo E1 + E5a / QZSS L1CA+ L5 / NavIC |
USB | Interface Type: USB-C Specification Version: USB 3.1 Gen2 USB-C, USB 3.1 |
NFC | |
Extra Feature |
Features: TDLS, Passpoint, High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link, Wi-Fi Optimized Connectivity, MU-MIMO (UL/DL), Wi-Fi Aware R3, Wi-Fi QoS Management, Miracast, Wi-Fi Location, OFDMA (UL/DL), Voice-Enterprise, XPAN Technology |
ISP | Qualcomm Spectra™ Image Signal Processor •( Cognitive ISP, Triple 18-bit ISPs ) MediaTek Imagiq 790 |
Single Camera | Up to 200 megapixel photo capture (Up to 108 MP single camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag) 320MP |
Multi Camera |
. Up to 64+36 MP dual camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag . Up to 36 MP triple camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag 3x 32MP |
Video capture |
8K HDR video capture @ 30 FPS 4K video capture @ 120 FPS Slow-mo video capture at 720p @ 960 FPS 4K HDR Video + AI-NR |
Video Codec | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), Dolby Vision®, HDR10, HDR10+, Google Ultra HDR H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
Extra Feature |
Bokeh Engine 2 for video capture Pro Sight video capture 18-bit HDR-ISP fusion up to 9Gpixel/s World’s 1st simultaneous triple camera 18-bit HDR video recording (three cameras recording with three exposures per frame) |
Display Support | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz 144Hz WQHD+ / 180Hz Full HD+ display support |
Refresh Rate | 144Hz 180Hz |
Extra Feature |
Maximum External Display Resolution: 8K @ 30 Hz High Dynamic Range (HDR): HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ Color Depth: 10-bit Color Gamut: Rec. 2020 |
Audio Playback |
Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec, Qualcomm Aqstic™ smart speaker amplifier Audio Processing Technologies: Snapdragon Sound™ technology AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Security Features |
Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Sensor, Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Sensor Max Secure Processing Unit (SPU): Biometric Authentication (Face), Biometric Authentication (Fingerprint), Biometric Authentication (Iris), Biometric Authentication (Voice) Fingerprint and Face Unlock |
Fingerprint Sensor | |
Face Detection |
Charging Speed | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology |
AnTuTu benchmark scores | 1958738 1010546 |
Geekbench scores |
Single-Core Score - 2213 Multi-Core Score - 7294 Single-Core Score - 1275 Multi-Core Score - 4314 |
3DMark | 16273 8047 |