Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Mediatek Dimensity 810

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 810 (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 810 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 810 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 171.73 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 810 (1037 K vs 382 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 810.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 199.94 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 810 ( 51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 113.33 % higher download speed than Dimensity 810 ( 2560 vs 1200 Mbps).
Pros of Dimensity 810
  • Dimensity 810 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 113696
GPU 448381 85477
Memory 172528 76385
UX 166045 105966
Total score 1036722 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 88% 99%
Graphics test 54 FPS 7 FPS
Score 9041 1232

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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
GPU frequency 800 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 768 32
Total shaders 1536 64
FLOPS - -
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 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.07 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 64MP, 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, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

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 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 August 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number SM8450 MT6833V
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Dimensity 810 official site