Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Dimensity 700
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 700 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 36.36% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 700 (3000 vs 2200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 700 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 700 (4 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 208.04% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 700 (1,037 K vs 337 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 700.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 199.94% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 700 (51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 113.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 700 (2560 vs 1200 MHz).
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 700
- Dimensity 700 has 18.75% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (950 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 249768 | 98632 |
| GPU | 448381 | 71777 |
| Memory | 172528 | 72555 |
| UX | 166045 | 93594 |
| Total score | 1036722 | 336558 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | 101.85 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 25.25 images/s | 15 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | 32.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | 27.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 28 images/s | 14.55 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 3 Mnodes/s | 2.1 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | 543.4 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
70%
SD 8 Gen 18%
Mediatek 700Score: 9041
| Stability | 88% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 9041 | 1097 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Mediatek Dimensity 700Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz | FHD+ @ 90Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | QHD @ 60Hz |
| HDR | HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR10 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
79%
SD 8 Gen 158%
Mediatek 700
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 768 | 32 |
| FLOPS | - | 243 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3072 Mbps | Up to 500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | December 2021 | November 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Model number | SM8450 | MT6833V/ZA |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | Dimensity 700 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
54.5
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 700
27.5
Review By TenzysTech
