Snapdragon 8 Gen1 vs Dimensity 9000, is Snapdragon dead?

Both SoC comes with same architecture but different frequencies.

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The biggest difference between these two SoC is it comes from different CPU manufacturers.

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SD 8 Gen 1 comes with adreno 730 GPU and dimensity 9000 has Mediatek Mali-G710 MC10.

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Both SoC support same storage type but not same RAM type, Dimensity 9000 support LPDDR5x RAM.

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SD 8 Gen 1 support display resolution up to 4k, on other side dimensity 9000 support 2k.

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Dimensity 9000 support up to 320MP camera but 8 Gen1 limited to 200MP and both support 8k video recording.

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In Antutu 9 score both SoC are very closed SD 8 Gen 1 got 1004007 and Dimensity 9000 got 1020314.

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