Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Dimensity 8020

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Dimensity 8020 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 8020 35
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 22
Dimensity 8020 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Dimensity 8020 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 43
Dimensity 8020 48
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Dimensity 8020
CPU 143941 169130
GPU 140125 238983
Memory 96692 130727
UX 136066 148460
Total score 516824 687300
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 8020 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8020.

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8020

  • Dimensity 8020 has 32.99% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (687 K vs 517 K ).
  • Dimensity 8020 Support 26.30% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 (34.1 vs 27 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Dimensity 8020 826

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Dimensity 8020 3315

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz Full HD+ @144 Hz, QHD+ @90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

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

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G77 MC9
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz -
  • Execution units 5 9
  • Shading units 64 144
  • 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 34.1 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 MediaTek APU 570
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • 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. 21
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 8020

CPU
35%
GPU
31%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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