Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Mediatek Dimensity 1000 Plus

We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 1000 Plus SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 15.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1000 Plus (3000 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1000 Plus (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1000 Plus (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 99.09 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1000 Plus (1037 K vs 521 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1000 Plus.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 71.41 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1000 Plus ( 51.2 vs 29.87 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 1000 Plus
  • Dimensity 1000 Plus has 6.25 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 850 vs 800 MHz).

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 249768 157984
GPU 448381 197648
Memory 172528 78051
UX 166045 87037
Total score 1036722 520720

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 88% 98%
Graphics test 54 FPS 22 FPS
Score 9041 3735

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2600MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 0.512 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G77 MC9
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
GPU frequency 800 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 768 144
Total shaders 1536 288
FLOPS - 800 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.87 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

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 80MP, 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

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 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 December 2021 May 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 MT6889Z/CZA
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Dimensity 1000 Plus official site