Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Dimensity 800U

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Dimensity 800U 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 800U 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Dimensity 800U 16
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Dimensity 800U 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Dimensity 800U 37
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 800U (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 800U (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 66.08% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 800U (668 K vs 402 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 800U.
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 69.89% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 800U (29 vs 17.07 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 800U (1600 vs 1200 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Dimensity 800U 594

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Dimensity 800U 1683

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Dimensity 800U 105.3

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Dimensity 800U 15.5

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Dimensity 800U 33.8

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Dimensity 800U 28.6

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Dimensity 800U 14.4

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Dimensity 800U 2.08

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Dimensity 800U 534.9

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 9 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz Full HD+ @ 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

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 32 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.32 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 6 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 9 3
  • Shading units 144 48
  • 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

4266 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

29 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

17.07 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

16 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

12 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • 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 AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 1600 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • N/A
    Upload Speed
  • 1200 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 211 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • 4700 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 2500 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 2300 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • 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 800U

CPU
21%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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