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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – specs and benchmarks

Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Dimensity 1200
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 1200
61
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200
51
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
80
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200
79
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200
64
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
88

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200
  • Dimensity 1200 has 1.57% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4266 vs 4200 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 6.67% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (3200 vs 3000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 15.29% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (980 vs 850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has -33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1200 (4 vs 6 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 91.00% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1200 (1,277 K vs 668 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Dimensity 1200
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200
668463
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +90%
1276749
CPU 170589 270867
GPU 233643 567801
Memory 118786 239879
UX 145445 198202
Total score 668463 1276749

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Dimensity 1200
925
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +61%
1490
Multi-Core Score
Dimensity 1200
3246
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +60%
5198
Image compression 171.75 Mpixels/s 251.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection 32.25 images/s 46.2 images/s
Speech recognition 51.5 words/s 122.9 words/s
Machine learning 51.65 images/s 114.1 images/s
Camera shooting 27.35 images/s 51.7 images/s
HTML 5 3.76 Mnodes/s 5.81 Mnodes/s
SQLite 931.9 Mnodes/s 1510 Mnodes/s

3DMark

32%
Mediatek 1200
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 93% -
Graphics test 25 FPS 81 FPS
Score 4179 12967

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 1200 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Display

Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020

  CPU

87%
Mediatek 1200
92%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 32 KB -
L2 cache 0.32 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 6 4
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Adreno 740
Architecture Valhall Adreno 700
GPU frequency 850 MHz 980 MHz
Execution units 9 -
Shading units 144 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s -
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1 x 200 MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
1600
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
4700
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
2500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem - Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 4700 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date January 2021 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6893 SM8550-AB
Official page Dimensity 1200 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Mediatek Dimensity 1200
Mediatek Dimensity 1200
CPU
65%
GPU
51%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

60.25


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
98%
GPU
80%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

66


Review By TenzysTech

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