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 42
Snapdragon 685 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Snapdragon 685 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Snapdragon 685 36
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

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
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
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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