Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Snapdragon 888 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus 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 888 Plus 43
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Snapdragon 888 Plus 39
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Snapdragon 888 Plus 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Snapdragon 888 Plus 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU 204875 216591
GPU 311503 324286
Memory 130636 138188
UX 161518 167760
Total score 808532 846825
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 0.77% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (912 vs 905 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 Plus (6400 vs 3200 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 5.09% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (2995 vs 2850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 4.74% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8100 (847 K vs 809 K ).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8100.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Snapdragon 888 Plus 1171

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Snapdragon 888 Plus 3704

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 33 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

2995 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
  • Process 5 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 10.3 Billion
  • TDP 8 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 660
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 905 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units - 512
  • FLOPS - 1853 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 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) Hexagon 780
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, 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 X60
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 22
  • 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, 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 888 Plus

CPU
43%
GPU
39%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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