Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Vs Dimensity 6080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Dimensity 6080 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 3 91
Dimensity 6080 27
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 96
Dimensity 6080 17
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Dimensity 6080 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 91
Dimensity 6080 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dimensity 6080
CPU 495720 135946
GPU 914123 69519
Memory 361002 103763
UX 338475 121897
Total score 2109320 431125
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 37.50% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6080 (3300 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 125.04% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6080 (4800 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6080 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 389.26% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6080 (2,109 K vs 431 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6080.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 351.08% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6080 (77 vs 17.07 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 6080

  • Dimensity 6080 has 23.38% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (950 vs 770 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329
Dimensity 6080 778

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526
Dimensity 6080 2075

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 8K @ 30 Hz -
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

87%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

103%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
    2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 12 MB 2 MB
  • Process 4 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 750 Mali-G57 MC2
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
  • GPU frequency 770 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 64
  • FLOPS - 243.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 77 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP, 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, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X75 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 7 5
  • Bluetooth 5.4 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

CPU
91%
GPU
96%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

MediaTek Dimensity 6080

CPU
27%
GPU
17%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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