However, the Dimensity 9000 gets there while spending a bit less power. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 scores 43 the Dimensity 9000, 42. Or, at least, with regards to the GFXBench Aztec Ruin test. On the GPU end, the Dimensity 9000 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 look to offer identical performance. In addition, the Apple chipset also consumes a bit less power than the Dimensity 9000 on the test. While Geekbench isn't great at cross-platform comparisons, the A15 Bionic does lead the chart handily with scores of 49 in multi-core and single-core tests respectively.

As expected, TSMC's 4 nm node is qualitatively more efficient than Samsung's node. Those numbers also match up nicely to SPECint figures from other sources. Those numbers translate into about a 10% advantage for Dimensity 9000 on average, but the MediaTek chipset stands out in efficiency as well, as it averages about a 5% lower power draw on the Geekbench tests. In the single-core test, the Dimensity 9000 remains ahead, albeit marginally, scoring 1287 versus the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1's 1200. Starting off with Geekbench 5, the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with a multi-core score of 4474 versus the Qualcomm chipset's 3810. There have been multiple comparisons of those chipsets but the latest of them pits them against each other directly and gives the closest look yet at the differences in performance. Qualcomm and MediaTek have now both replied in kind, with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9000 respectively. Apple set the pace with the launch of the A15 Bionic months ago.

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