Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Dimensity 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Dimensity 1080 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 1200 36
Dimensity 1080 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Dimensity 1080 22
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Dimensity 1080 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Dimensity 1080 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Dimensity 1080
CPU 170589 143941
GPU 233643 140125
Memory 118786 96692
UX 145445 136066
Total score 668463 516824
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 15.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (3000 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1080 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 29.34% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (668 K vs 517 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 (1600 vs 1200 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 11.76% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (950 vs 850 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Dimensity 1080 766

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Dimensity 1080 2252

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Dimensity 1080

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Dimensity 1080

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Dimensity 1080

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Dimensity 1080

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Dimensity 1080

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Dimensity 1080

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Dimensity 1080

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz FHD+ @120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 32 KB 256 KB
  • L2 cache 0.32 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 6 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - 12 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali-G68 MC4
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 9 5
  • Shading units 144 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 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 27 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 3.0
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 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, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1200

CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
28%
GPU
22%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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