Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Snapdragon 685 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 35
Snapdragon 685 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 30
Snapdragon 685 9
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 49
Snapdragon 685 34
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Snapdragon 685
CPU 204875 81894
GPU 311503 39122
Memory 130636 77991
UX 161518 71216
Total score 808532 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 1.79% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (2850 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 199.21% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (809 K vs 270 K).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Snapdragon 685 1609

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 HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

71%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

47%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz -
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units - 96
  • 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 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 8 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) Hexagon 686
  • 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 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed - 150 Mbps
  • 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
35%
GPU
30%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
14%
GPU
9%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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