Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Mediatek Dimensity 1080
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 870 and Dimensity 1080 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
Review
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
Pros of Snapdragon 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 23.08% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (3200 vs 2600 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 24.63 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (644 K vs 517 K).
- Snapdragon 870 supports 62.96 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 ( 44 vs 27 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 supports 108.33 % higher download speed than Dimensity 1080 ( 2500 vs 1200 Mbps).
Pros of Dimensity 1080
- Dimensity 1080 has 47.29 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 ( 950 vs 645 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 has 14.29 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 ( 6 vs 7 nm).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 179347 | 143941 |
| GPU | 270188 | 140125 |
| Memory | 98761 | 96692 |
| UX | 95818 | 136066 |
| Total score | 644114 | 516824 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 90% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 4258 | 2287 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 2600MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 12 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Mali-G68 MC4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 645 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 512 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1,267 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 27 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 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 | X55 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | - |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | January 2021 | October 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC | MT6877V/TTZA |
| Official page | Snapdragon 870 official site | Dimensity 1080 official site |