Overview - Dimensity 900 Vs Dimensity 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 900 vs Dimensity 1080 SoCs by Mediatek. 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 900 25
Dimensity 1080 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 900 19
Dimensity 1080 22
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 900 79
Dimensity 1080 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 900 41
Dimensity 1080 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 900 Dimensity 1080
CPU 125384 143941
GPU 125188 140125
Memory 83836 96692
UX 133752 136066
Total score 468160 516824
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 8.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (2600 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 5.56% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (950 vs 900 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 10.39% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 900 (517 K vs 468 K ).
  • Dimensity 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
  • Dimensity 1080 Support 46.74% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 900 (27 vs 18.4 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 900 706
Dimensity 1080 766

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 900 2137
Dimensity 1080 2252

Image compression

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Dimensity 900 123.5
Dimensity 1080

Face detection

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Dimensity 900 20.5
Dimensity 1080

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 900 38.3
Dimensity 1080

Machine learning

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Dimensity 900 33.1
Dimensity 1080

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 900 19.6
Dimensity 1080

HTML 5

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Dimensity 900 2.51
Dimensity 1080

SQLite

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Dimensity 900 632.6
Dimensity 1080

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 12 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+@120Hz FHD+ @120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 256 KB
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count 10 Billion 12 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G68 MC4
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 4 5
  • Shading units 48 64
  • 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 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 18.4 Gbit/s 27 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 3.0
  • Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 900

CPU
25%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
28%
GPU
22%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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