Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 8s Gen 3 70
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 63
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 73
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 204875 374214
GPU 311503 516258
Memory 130636 344248
UX 161518 259884
Total score 808532 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 52.38% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (6400 vs 4200 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 5.26% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (3000 vs 2850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 20.61% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (1100 vs 912 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 84.85% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8100 (1,495 K vs 809 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8100.
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 25.00% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 8100 (64 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
  • Process 5 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 8 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units - 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
  • 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 8s Gen 3

CPU
70%
GPU
63%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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