We have arranged a full comparison of Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 778G where these SoCs are launched by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. Now we have compared these two 8 core processors on the basis of their pros and cons, Geekbench, Antutu, and technical specifications.
CPU Performance
Gaming Performance
Battery Life
Tenzys Tech Score
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Major differences between Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 778G
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200
- Peak Download Speed of Dimensity 1200 is 27.02% higher than Snapdragon 778G. (4.7 vs 3.7 Gbps).
- Dimensity 1200 has a 25% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778G (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
- Memory frequency of Dimensity 1200 is 33.31% higher than Snapdragon 778G (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
- Optimization for gaming by developers is more often for snapdragon processors as compared to dimensity processors.
- Instruction set is latest hence better.
- Snapdragon 778G is the latest SOC as announced 4-months later than Dimensity 1200.
Full comparison between Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 778G
| SoC: | Dimensity 1200 | Snapdragon 778G |
Antutu 8
Total Score:
| CPU | 175351 | – |
| GPU | 235175 | – |
| Memory | 123535 | – |
| UX | 88348 | – |
Also Checkout: Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 780G
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Display
| Max On-Device Display | Full HD+ @ 168 Hz | Full HD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3360 x 1600 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz |
| HDR | HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR10+, HDR10 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 | 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | – | – |
| L2 cache | – | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | – | – |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| TDP | 10 Watt | – |
| Transistor Count | – | – |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MC9 | Adreno 642L |
| Architecture | Valhall | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | – |
| Execution units | 9 | – |
| Shading units | 144 | – |
| FLOPS | – | – |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | – |
| Max bandwidth | – | – |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 770 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3360 x 1600 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Also Read: Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 768G
Connectivity
| Modem | – | X53 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 19 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | 4.7 Gbps | 3.7 Gbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Upto 2.5 Gbps | – |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | January 2021 | May 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | – | SM7325 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site |
Additional
| Charging | NA | Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ technology Qualcomm Quick Charge AI |
Review by Tenzys Tech
CPU
CPU of Dimensity 1200 is clocked up to 3.0 GHz while Snapdragon 778G is clocked up to 2.4 GHz which makes the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 a better chipset.
GPU
MediaTek Dimensity 1200 is equipped with Mali-G77 MC9 GPU while the snapdragon 778G is equipped with Adreno 642L. Frankly, Mali-G77 MC9 is a much better GPU than Adreno 642L. Also Read: Snapdragon 780G vs Snapdragon 768G.
Memory
The memory frequency of Dimensity 1200 is 4266 MHz while in Snapdragon 778G it is 3200 MHz. But Snapdragon 778G supports LPDDR5 RAM which is much more power-efficient than LPDDR4x RAM of Dimensity 1200. It concludes that for the speed purpose Dimensity 1200 is better but in the energy efficiency section, Snapdragon 778 is better. So choose wisely according to your priority. Snapdragon 778G supports UFS 3.1 latest storage type but Dimensity supports UFS 3.0, which means data read-write speed is better in Snapdragon 778G.
Display and Camera
In-display section, Dimensity 1200 supports display up to 2520 x 1080 resolution with 168Hz refresh rate while display resolution in Snapdragon 778G supports up to 3200 x 1800 with 144 Hz refresh rate only. So there is a tough competition between the screen comparison between Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 778G. So, it’s up to you that which one you can prefer. Let us know in the comment box which one you can prefer.
Energy efficiency and battery life
As the facts are seen by the specifications in which Dimensity 1200 built on 6nm process technology with 10 Watt TDP while on another hand Snapdragon 778G built on 5nm technology. However TDP od SD 778G is not known till now. But we can conclude that Snapdragon 778G has more transistors as compared to Dimensity 1200. But if we talk about overall energy efficiency then Snapdragon 778G has better energy efficiency.
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Summary
Overall a good chipset in a flagship series.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Summary
Good performer in upper mid-range Series of smartphones.
Q n A
Which is better MediaTek Dimensity 1200 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G?
Dimensity 1200 is better than Snapdragon 778G as Dimensity 1200 in most of the segments like connectivity (Downloading and Uploading speed), CPU (3.0 GHz vs 2.8 GHz), GPU performs better as compared to Snapdragon 778G. The RAM speed of Dimensity 1200 is also faster (4266 MHz) than Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G.
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