Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Dimensity 1050

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Dimensity 1050 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. 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
Snapdragon 680 16
Dimensity 1050 27
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Dimensity 1050 22
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Dimensity 1050 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Dimensity 1050 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680 Dimensity 1050
CPU 81097 137500
GPU 38425 159729
Memory 68438 96303
UX 63600 129591
Total score 251560 523123
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 11.40% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1050 (1114 vs 1000 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1050

  • Dimensity 1050 has 4.17% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (2500 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1050 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1050 has 107.95% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (523 K vs 252 K ).
  • Dimensity 1050 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Dimensity 1050 745

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Dimensity 1050 2142

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 97%

Graphics test 15 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 90 Hz FHD+ @144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10+ Adaptive, CUVA HDR-vivid, HLG and Dolby Vision
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

66%
Turbo Clock Speed

2500 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
    2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G610 MC3
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Valhall 3
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 2 3
  • Shading units 96 -
  • 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 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 MediaTek APU 550
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Dimensity 1050

CPU
27%
GPU
22%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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