Dimensity 1080 Vs Snapdragon 720G
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Snapdragon 720G 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080
- Dimensity 1080 has 13.04% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (2600 vs 2300 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 has 26.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (950 vs 750 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (6 vs 8 nm).
- Dimensity 1080 has 92.00% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (517 K vs 269 K).
- Dimensity 1080 Support 94.10% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (27 vs 13.91 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 Support 50.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (1200 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 143941 | 98820 |
| GPU | 140125 | 71078 |
| Memory | 96692 | 47158 |
| UX | 136066 | 52126 |
| Total score | 516824 | 269182 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 110.2 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 13.1 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 27.3 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 26.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 15.7 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.16 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 533.6 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
18%
Dimensity 10808%
SD 720GScore: 2287
| Stability | 99% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 2287 | 1037 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 1080 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720GDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @120Hz | FHD+ @ 120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | QHD @ 60 Hz |
| HDR | HDR10+ | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10 |
| Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | - | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
69%
Dimensity 108061%
SD 720G
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2600 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 6 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistor count | 12 Billion | - |
| TDP | 10 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MC4 | Adreno 618 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Execution units | 5 | 2 |
| Shading units | 64 | 128 |
| FLOPS | - | 435 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 27 Gbit/s | 13.91 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 3.0 | Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 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 | 384 kHz/32 bit |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | X15 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 15 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | - | - |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2022 | January 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | MT6877V/TTZA | SM7125 |
| Official page | Dimensity 1080 official site | Snapdragon 720G official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 1080
41.75
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
26.5
Review By TenzysTech
