Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Snapdragon 685 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 685 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 22
Snapdragon 685 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 43
Snapdragon 685 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 91.26% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (517 K vs 270 K).
  • Dimensity 1080 Support 58.82% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (27 vs 17 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 Support 207.69% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (1200 vs 390 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 7.69% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (2800 vs 2600 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Snapdragon 685 1609

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz -
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 64 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

Memory frequency

3200 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

27 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

17 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

16 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 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 Hexagon 686
  • 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 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 1200 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 316 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 390 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • 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 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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