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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 860 – specs and benchmarks

Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 860

Dimensity 1200
VS
Snapdragon 860
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 860
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 860 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
56
Snapdragon 860
45
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200
47
Snapdragon 860
37
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200
79
Snapdragon 860
75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200
61
Snapdragon 860
52

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200
  • Dimensity 1200 has 1.35% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (3000 vs 2960 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 25.93% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (850 vs 675 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 44.08% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (668 K vs 464 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • Snapdragon 860 Support 17.69% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1200 (34.13 vs 29 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Dimensity 1200
vs
Snapdragon 860

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 +44%
668463
Snapdragon 860
463958
CPU 170589 143028
GPU 233643 179320
Memory 118786 69420
UX 145445 72190
Total score 668463 463958

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Dimensity 1200 +24%
925
Snapdragon 860
744
Multi-Core Score
Dimensity 1200 +24%
3246
Snapdragon 860
2616
Image compression 171.75 Mpixels/s 142.85 Mpixels/s
Face detection 32.25 images/s 20.3 images/s
Speech recognition 51.5 words/s 44.55 words/s
Machine learning 51.65 images/s 46.35 images/s
Camera shooting 27.35 images/s 22.85 images/s
HTML 5 3.76 Mnodes/s 1.65 Mnodes/s
SQLite 931.9 Mnodes/s 777.9 Mnodes/s

3DMark

32%
Mediatek 1200
27%
SD 860
Score: 4179

Stability 93% 98%
Graphics test 25 FPS 20 FPS
Score 4179 3455

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 1200 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Display

Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 QHD @ 60Hz
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 1200
86%
SD 860
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.1-A
L1 cache 32 KB -
L2 cache 0.32 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB 2 MB
Process 6 nm 7 nm
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Adreno 640
Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
GPU frequency 850 MHz 675 MHz
Execution units 9 2
Shading units 144 384
FLOPS - 1037 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 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 690
Storage type UFS 3.1 EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
1600
Snapdragon 860
2000
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
4700
Snapdragon 860
5000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
N/A
Snapdragon 860
316
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
2500
Snapdragon 860
1200
Modem - X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 4700 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 1200 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 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6893 SM8150-AC
Official page Dimensity 1200 official site Snapdragon 860 official site
Mediatek Dimensity 1200
Mediatek Dimensity 1200
CPU
56%
GPU
47%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

58


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU
45%
GPU
37%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

39.25


Review By TenzysTech

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