Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 vs Mediatek Dimensity 810

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Dimensity 810 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Dimensity 810
  • Dimensity 810 has -23.70 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 ( 850 vs 1114 MHz).
  • Dimensity 810 has 51.66 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 ( 382 K vs 252 K).
  • Dimensity 810 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680 .
  • Dimensity 810 Support 0.41 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 ( 17.07 vs 17 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 81097 113696
GPU 38425 85477
Memory 68438 76385
UX 63600 105966
Total score 251560 381524

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 2 FPS 7 FPS
Score 443 1232

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 680 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 2400MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Adreno 610 Valhall
GPU frequency 1114 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 96 32
Total shaders 192 64
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem X11 -
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed 5G - Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 390 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - Up to 1250 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 150 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2021 August 2021
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Model number SM6225 MT6833V
Official page Snapdragon 680 official site Dimensity 810 official site