Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Dimensity 8100

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Dimensity 8100 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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
Snapdragon 680 16
Dimensity 8100 42
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Dimensity 8100 38
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Dimensity 8100 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Dimensity 8100 54
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680 Dimensity 8100
CPU 81097 204875
GPU 38425 311503
Memory 68438 130636
UX 63600 161518
Total score 251560 808532
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 22.15% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (1114 vs 912 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 18.75% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (2850 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 221.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (809 K vs 252 K ).
  • Dimensity 8100 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
  • Dimensity 8100 Support 201.18% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 (51.2 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Dimensity 8100 969

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Dimensity 8100 4081

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 90 Hz WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
    4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 6 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G610 MC6
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 912 MHz
  • Execution units 2 6
  • 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 2133 MHz 6400 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 APU 580 (multi-core)
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 R16-ready 5G modem
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 21
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Dimensity 8100

CPU
42%
GPU
38%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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