Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Mediatek Dimensity 7200

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 7200 SoCs, designed by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 7.14% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 7200 (3000 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 65.31 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7200 (1037 K vs 627 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 25.80 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 7200 ( 51.2 vs 40.7 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports Infinity % higher download speed than Dimensity 7200 ( 2560 vs 0 Mbps).
Pros of Dimensity 7200
  • Dimensity 7200 has 100.00 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 6400 vs 3200 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 160410
GPU 448381 202112
Memory 172528 119625
UX 166045 144980
Total score 1036722 627127

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% -
Graphics test 54 FPS 24 FPS
Score 9041 4142

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
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G610 MC4
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 800 MHz -
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 768 512
Total shaders 1536 1024
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Mediatek APU 650

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 40.7 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2560 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 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 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 2CC 5G Modem
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 0 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 0 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 0 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 February 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 MT6886
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Dimensity 7200 official site