Snapdragon 870 Vs Dimensity 1000 Plus
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Dimensity 1000 Plus 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 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 23.08% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1000 Plus (3200 vs 2600 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 47.37% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1000 Plus (2750 vs 1866 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 23.70% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1000 Plus (644 K vs 521 K).
- Snapdragon 870 Support 47.30% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1000 Plus (44 vs 29.87 MHz).
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1000 Plus
- Dimensity 1000 Plus has 31.78% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (850 vs 645 MHz).
- Dimensity 1000 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 179347 | 157984 |
| GPU | 270188 | 197648 |
| Memory | 98761 | 78051 |
| UX | 95818 | 87037 |
| Total score | 644114 | 520720 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | 166.4 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 25.25 images/s | 28.2 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | 45.2 words/s |
| Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | 46.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 28 images/s | 27.8 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 3.53 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | 883.8 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
33%
SD 87029%
Dimensity 1000+Score: 4258
| Stability | 90% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Score | 4258 | 3735 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Mediatek Dimensity 1000 PlusDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | Full HD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
92%
SD 87075%
Dimensity 1000+
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 0.512 MB |
| Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Mali-G77 MC9 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 645 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 9 |
| Shading units | 512 | 144 |
| FLOPS | 1,267 Gigaflops | 800 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 29.87 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | X55 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | January 2021 | May 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC | MT6889Z/CZA |
| Official page | Snapdragon 870 official site | Dimensity 1000 Plus official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
55.25
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 1000 Plus
41.25
Review By TenzysTech
