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42

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 1080

Dimensity 1080

35

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 685
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 26
Snapdragon 685 16
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 21
Snapdragon 685 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 42
Snapdragon 685 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Snapdragon 685
CPU 143941 81894
GPU 140125 39122
Memory 96692 77991
UX 136066 71216
Total score 516824 270223
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 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

12%
Dimensity 1080
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
N/A
Snapdragon 685
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

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

47%
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 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 27 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 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

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • 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

Mediatek Dimensity 1080
CPU
26%
GPU
21%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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