MediaTek Dimensity 8300 squares off with flagship Snapdragon chip in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark

MediaTek will officially unveil its mid-range SoC, the Dimensity 8300, later today (21 November). A recent Geekbench listing showed it to perform on par with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. However, it is miles ahead of the Qualcomm upper-mid-ranger in Geekbench's OpenCL test.

The Dimensity 8300's Arm Mali-G615 MP6 scores 9,112 points in the benchmark. That is over twice as fast as the Adreno 725 (4,056) found on the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. It punches well above its weight class and takes on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2's Adreno 740 (9,440 average).

The Geekbench listing also reveals that the Dimensity 8300's GPU is clocked at 1,400 MHz, which is quite impressive for a smartphone. OEMs looking to save a few bucks could opt for the Dimensity 8300 instead of more expensive Snapdragon counterparts in their gaming phones (US$899 on Amazon).

As always, Geekbench isn't an idea GPU test, but that's all we have for now. MediaTek will likely shed more light on the Dimensity 8300's impressive GPU chops at its launch event. Real-world benchmarks will have to wait until the Redmi K70 drops later this year.