Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Dimensity 720

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Dimensity 720 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 1080 28
Dimensity 720 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 22
Dimensity 720 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Dimensity 720 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 43
Dimensity 720 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Dimensity 720
CPU 143941 94857
GPU 140125 73751
Memory 96692 64277
UX 136066 61339
Total score 516824 294224
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 30.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (2600 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 11.76% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (950 vs 850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 720 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 720 (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 75.66% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 720 (517 K vs 294 K).
  • Dimensity 1080 Support 58.17% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 720 (27 vs 17.07 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Dimensity 720 523

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Dimensity 720 1707

Image compression

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 98.5

Face detection

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 14.3

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 31.3

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 27

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 14.9

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 2

SQLite

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Dimensity 1080
Dimensity 720 510.9

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 97%

Graphics test 7 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz Full HD+ @ 90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 5 3
  • Shading units 64 48
  • 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 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 27 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • 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, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

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

Mediatek Dimensity 720

CPU
20%
GPU
14%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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