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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 leads the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 by 34% on AnTuTu v11 (13.20 Lakhs vs 9.85 Lakhs) and is 57% faster in Geekbench single-core and 31% in multi-core. Where the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 does better: 33% larger L3 cache (8 MB vs 6 MB) and 33% faster RAM (4266 MHz vs 3200 MHz).

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 leads

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.2-A

  • Smaller process node

    4 nm vs 6 nm

  • 3.3x more GPU compute power

    1675 GFLOPS vs 510.3 GFLOPS

  • Newer RAM type

    LPDDR5 vs LPDDR4X

  • 34% higher AnTuTu v11 score

    13.20 Lakhs vs 9.85 Lakhs

  • 31% faster in Geekbench multi-core

    4,134 vs 3,162

  • 57% faster in Geekbench single-core

    1,704 vs 1,082

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 leads

  • 33% larger L3 cache

    8 MB vs 6 MB

  • 33% faster RAM

    4266 MHz vs 3200 MHz

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+34% faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 13,20,406
Dimensity 1200 9,84,791

Geekbench Single-Core

+57% faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1,704
Dimensity 1200 1,082

Geekbench Multi-Core

+31% faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4,134
Dimensity 1200 3,162

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Dimensity 1200

Overview

Launch Date
December 2021
January 2021
Chipset Class
Flagship
Flagship
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Model Number
SM8450
MT6893

CPU

Total Cores
8
8
Core Configuration
1x 3 GHz - Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz - Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
1x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A78
3x 2.6GHz - Cortex-A78
4x 2.0GHz - Cortex-A55
Max Frequency
3000 MHz
3000 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv9-A
ARMv8.2-A
Process Node
4 nm
6 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L2 Cache
1 MB
320 KB
L3 Cache
6 MB
8 MB
TDP
5.3 W
8 W

GPU

GPU Name
Adreno 730
ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Frequency
818 MHz
886 MHz
Shading Units
512
32
FLOPS
1675 GFLOPS
510.3 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support
No
No
NPU
Hexagon NPU
MediaTek APU 3.0
API Support
Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency
3200 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x16-bit
4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
Max RAM Size
24 GB
12 GB
Storage Type
UFS 3.1
UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support
200 MP
200 MP
Video Capture
8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
4K at 60FPS
Max Display Resolution
4K
WQHD+
Video Playback
8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9
Audio Codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem
Snapdragon X65 5G
Helio M70
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
10 Gbps
4.7 Gbps
Upload Speed
3.67 Gbps
2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, NavIC, QZSS

Links

Official page
Visit
Visit

Benchmark results

Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu v11

Total
13,20,406
9,84,791
CPU
5,01,429
3,80,612
GPU
2,09,242
1,37,699
Memory
2,36,547
1,78,336
UX
3,73,188
2,88,144

Geekbench

Single-Core
1,704
1,082
Multi-Core
4,134
3,162

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+11 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 61
Dimensity 1200 50

CPU Score

+10 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54
Dimensity 1200 44

GPU Score

+18 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56
Dimensity 1200 38

Memory Score

+4 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 73
Dimensity 1200 69

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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