Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Dimensity 6100 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Dimensity 6100 Plus SoCs by Mediatek. 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 8100 42
Dimensity 6100 Plus 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Dimensity 6100 Plus 16
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Dimensity 6100 Plus 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Dimensity 6100 Plus 39
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Dimensity 6100 Plus
CPU 204875 112256
GPU 311503 98184
Memory 130636 66187
UX 161518 84704
Total score 808532 361331
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 29.55% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6100 Plus (2850 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6100 Plus (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6100 Plus (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 123.76% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6100 Plus (809 K vs 361 K).
  • Dimensity 8100 Support 199.94% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6100 Plus (51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

  • Dimensity 6100 Plus has 4.17% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (950 vs 912 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Dimensity 6100 Plus 580

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Dimensity 6100 Plus 1707

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz Full HD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
  • Process 5 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Mali-G57 MC2
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units - 32
  • FLOPS - 243 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem 3GPP Release-16 standard 5G modem
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 -
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 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 8100

CPU
42%
GPU
38%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

CPU
21%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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