Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 versus Dimensity 6100 Plus SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed 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 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6100 Plus (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6100 Plus (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6100 Plus (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 203.85 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6100 Plus (1098 K vs 361 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6100 Plus.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 199.94 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6100 Plus ( 51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 6100 Plus
  • Dimensity 6100 Plus has 5.56 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 950 vs 900 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 243697 112256
GPU 478120 98184
Memory 191931 66187
UX 184166 84704
Total score 1097914 361331

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 69% -
Graphics test 59 FPS -
Score 9875 -

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
GPU frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units - 32
Total shaders - 64
FLOPS - 243 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

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 12 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 108MP, 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 3GPP Release-16 standard 5G modem
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 3300 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G - -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 July 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Dimensity 6100 Plus official site