Dimensity 1200 Vs Snapdragon 888
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Snapdragon 888 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 5.63% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3000 vs 2840 MHz).
- Dimensity 1200 has 1.19% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (850 vs 840 MHz).
- Dimensity 1200 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
- Snapdragon 888 has -16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1200 (5 vs 6 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 has 20.95% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1200 (808 K vs 668 K ).
- Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.
- Snapdragon 888 Support 76.55% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 1200 (51.2 vs 29 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 170589 | 211734 |
GPU | 233643 | 306250 |
Memory | 118786 | 133870 |
UX | 145445 | 156641 |
Total score | 668463 | 808495 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 171.75 Mpixels/s | 177.1 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 32.25 images/s | 26.5 images/s |
Speech recognition | 51.5 words/s | 67.7 words/s |
Machine learning | 51.65 images/s | 59.9 images/s |
Camera shooting | 27.35 images/s | 37.5 images/s |
HTML 5 | 3.76 Mnodes/s | 3.96 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 931.9 Mnodes/s | 1060 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
32%
Mediatek 120040%
SD 888Score: 5126
Stability | 93% | 91% |
Graphics test | 25 FPS | 30 FPS |
Score | 4179 | 5126 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 1200 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Display
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 | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
87%
Mediatek 120082%
SD 888
Frequency
Architecture |
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2840 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
L1 cache | 32 KB | 512 KB |
L2 cache | 0.32 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
Process | 6 | 5 |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G77 MC9 | Adreno 660 |
Architecture | Valhall | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 840 MHz |
Execution units | 9 | 2 |
Shading units | 144 | 512 |
FLOPS | - | 1720 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 29 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 780 |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, 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 | - | X60 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 19 | LTE Cat. 22 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 4700 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | January 2021 | December 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | MT6893 | SM8350 |
Official page | Dimensity 1200 official site | Snapdragon 888 official site |