Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Snapdragon 720G 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 720G 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 204875 98820
GPU 311503 71078
Memory 130636 47158
UX 161518 52126
Total score 808532 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 23.91% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (2850 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 21.60% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (912 vs 750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 242.98% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (6400 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 37.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (5 vs 8 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 200.37% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (809 K vs 269 K).
  • Dimensity 8100 Support 268.08% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (51.2 vs 13.91 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Dimensity 8100
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
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 - QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 4 MB 1 MB
  • Process 5 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 435 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 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 13.91 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) Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 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 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, 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 720G

CPU
21%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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