Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Dimensity 1200

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 1200 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 8 Gen 1 46
Dimensity 1200 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 48
Dimensity 1200 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
Dimensity 1200 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 60
Dimensity 1200 49
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1200 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 55.09% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1200 (1,037 K vs 668 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 76.55% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1200 (51.2 vs 29 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 60.00% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1200 (2560 vs 1600 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 6.25% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (850 vs 800 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
Dimensity 1200 925

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
Dimensity 1200 3246

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
Dimensity 1200 171.75

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
Dimensity 1200 32.25

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
Dimensity 1200 51.5

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
Dimensity 1200 51.65

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
Dimensity 1200 27.35

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
Dimensity 1200 3.76

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
Dimensity 1200 931.9

3DMark

Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz Full HD+ @ 168 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+, HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 32 KB
  • L2 cache 1 MB 0.32 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
  • Process 4 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G77 MC9
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 3 9
  • Shading units 768 144
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

3200 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

4266 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

51.2 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

29 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

24 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

16 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 2560 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 316 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 1600 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • N/A
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • 10240 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 3072 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 4700 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 2500 Mbps
    Upload Speed

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 19
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • 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 8 Gen 1

CPU
46%
GPU
48%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Mediatek Dimensity 1200

CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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