Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoCs by Mediatek and Qualcomm 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
Dimensity 1080 28
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 26
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 22
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 43
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 44
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 143941 105049
GPU 140125 110865
Memory 96692 90267
UX 136066 87211
Total score 516824 393392
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 18.18% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (2600 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 31.38% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (517 K vs 393 K).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (4 vs 6 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 779

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 2269

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz FHD+ @ 120 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

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 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 4 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz -
  • Execution units 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 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 27 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Hexagon
  • 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 200MP
  • 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU
26%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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