Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 685 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 685 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Snapdragon 685 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Snapdragon 685 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 7.14% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3000 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 147.37% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (668 K vs 270 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 70.59% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (29 vs 17 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 310.26% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (1600 vs 390 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Snapdragon 685 1609

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Snapdragon 685

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Snapdragon 685

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Snapdragon 685

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Snapdragon 685

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Snapdragon 685

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Snapdragon 685

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Snapdragon 685

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A 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 610
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz -
  • Execution units 9 2
  • Shading units 144 96
  • 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 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

16 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 GB

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

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
  • 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 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • 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, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 1600 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • N/A
    Upload Speed
  • 390 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • 4700 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 2500 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 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 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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