Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 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 1200 36
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 22
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 16
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 39
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
CPU 170589 114597
GPU 233643 93082
Memory 118786 68776
UX 145445 111637
Total score 668463 388092
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 50.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3000 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 3.03% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (850 vs 825 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 72.24% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (668 K vs 388 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1600 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 620

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 1835

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A -
  • L1 cache 32 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.32 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 6 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Adreno 619
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 825 MHz
  • Execution units 9 4
  • Shading units 144 -
  • 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 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 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 2.1, UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 108MP
  • 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, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X51
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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