Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 8100 42
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 26
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 44
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 204875 105049
GPU 311503 110865
Memory 130636 90267
UX 161518 87211
Total score 808532 393392
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 29.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (2850 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 105.53% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (809 K vs 393 K).
  • Dimensity 8100 Support 132.73% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (51.2 vs 22 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (4 vs 5 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 779

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 2269

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 FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ 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

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 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 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz -
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units - -
  • 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 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
  • 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU
26%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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