Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Dimensity 900

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Dimensity 900 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 900 25
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Dimensity 900 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Dimensity 900 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Dimensity 900 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Dimensity 900
CPU 170589 125384
GPU 233643 125188
Memory 118786 83836
UX 145445 133752
Total score 668463 468160
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 900 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 42.79% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 900 (668 K vs 468 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 57.61% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 900 (29 vs 18.4 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 900 (1600 vs 1200 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 900

  • Dimensity 900 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (900 vs 850 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Dimensity 900 706

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Dimensity 900 2137

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Dimensity 900 123.5

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Dimensity 900 20.5

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Dimensity 900 38.3

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Dimensity 900 33.1

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Dimensity 900 19.6

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Dimensity 900 2.51

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Dimensity 900 632.6

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 98%

Graphics test 12 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 HDR
  • 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-A78
    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 6 nm
  • Transistor count - 10 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 900 MHz
  • Execution units 9 4
  • 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 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 18.4 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 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 108MP, 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, 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, NAVIC
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 900

CPU
25%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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