Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 678
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 678 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 1200
- Dimensity 1200 has 36.36% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (3000 vs 2200 MHz).
- Dimensity 1200 has 0.59% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (850 vs 845 MHz).
- Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 1200 has 45.45% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (6 vs 11 nm).
- Dimensity 1200 has 135.84% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (668 K vs 283 K).
- Dimensity 1200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
- Dimensity 1200 Support 94.63% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 678 (29 vs 14.9 MHz).
- Dimensity 1200 Support 166.67% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 678 (1600 vs 600 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 170589 | 101216 |
GPU | 233643 | 51346 |
Memory | 118786 | 48181 |
UX | 145445 | 82701 |
Total score | 668463 | 283444 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 171.75 Mpixels/s | 102.2 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 32.25 images/s | 14.5 images/s |
Speech recognition | 51.5 words/s | 27.8 words/s |
Machine learning | 51.65 images/s | 23.7 images/s |
Camera shooting | 27.35 images/s | 13.7 images/s |
HTML 5 | 3.76 Mnodes/s | 2.05 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 931.9 Mnodes/s | 527.2 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
32%
Mediatek 12004%
SD 678Score: 4179
Stability | 93% | 99% |
Graphics test | 25 FPS | 2 FPS |
Score | 4179 | 482 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 1200 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 678Display
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 | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
87%
Mediatek 120064%
SD 678
Frequency
Architecture |
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1700 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2200 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
L1 cache | 32 KB | 16 KB |
L2 cache | 0.32 MB | 0.256 MB |
L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
Process | 6 | 11 |
Transistor count | - | 12 Billion |
TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G77 MC9 | Adreno 612 |
Architecture | Valhall | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 845 MHz |
Execution units | 9 | 2 |
Shading units | 144 | 96 |
FLOPS | - | 354 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2 x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 29 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 685 |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP |
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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | X12 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 19 | LTE Cat. 12 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 4700 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
Announced Date | January 2021 | December 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
Model number | MT6893 | SM6150-AC |
Official page | Dimensity 1200 official site | Snapdragon 678 official site |