Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Dimensity 720

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Dimensity 720 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 720 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Dimensity 720 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Dimensity 720 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Dimensity 720 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Dimensity 720
CPU 204875 94857
GPU 311503 73751
Memory 130636 64277
UX 161518 61339
Total score 808532 294224
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 42.50% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (2850 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 7.29% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (912 vs 850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 720 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 720 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 174.80% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 720 (809 K vs 294 K).
  • Dimensity 8100 Support 199.94% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 720 (51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Dimensity 720 523

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Dimensity 720 1707

Image compression

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 98.5

Face detection

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 14.3

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 31.3

Machine learning

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 27

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 14.9

HTML 5

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 2

SQLite

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Dimensity 8100
Dimensity 720 510.9

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 97%

Graphics test 7 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz Full HD+ @ 90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 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 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 6 3
  • Shading units - 48
  • 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 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 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K 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 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 720

CPU
20%
GPU
14%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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