Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Dimensity 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Dimensity 1080 SoCs by Mediatek. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 8100 42
Dimensity 1080 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Dimensity 1080 22
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Dimensity 1080 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Dimensity 1080 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Dimensity 1080
CPU 204875 143941
GPU 311503 140125
Memory 130636 96692
UX 161518 136066
Total score 808532 516824
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 9.62% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (2850 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1080 (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 56.44% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (809 K vs 517 K).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 4.17% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (950 vs 912 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Dimensity 1080 766

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Dimensity 1080 2252

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz FHD+ @120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 256 KB
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - 12 Billion
  • TDP 8 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Mali-G68 MC4
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 6 5
  • Shading units - 64
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 27 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) MediaTek APU 3.0
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 8100

CPU
42%
GPU
38%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
28%
GPU
22%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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