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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scores 2.4x higher than the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 9.85 Lakhs) and is 2x faster in Geekbench single-core and 2.1x in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the MediaTek Dimensity 1200.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads

  • 13% higher peak CPU clock

    3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.2-A

  • 50% larger L3 cache

    12 MB vs 8 MB

  • Smaller process node

    TSMC 4 nm vs 6 nm

  • 7x more GPU compute power

    3584 GFLOPS vs 510.3 GFLOPS

  • Newer RAM type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR4X

  • 13% faster RAM

    4800 MHz vs 4266 MHz

  • Newer storage standard

    UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1

  • 2.4x higher AnTuTu v11 score

    23.68 Lakhs vs 9.85 Lakhs

  • 2.1x faster in Geekbench multi-core

    6,626 vs 3,162

  • 2x faster in Geekbench single-core

    2,162 vs 1,082

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

2.4x faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 23,68,420
Dimensity 1200 9,84,791

Geekbench Single-Core

+100% faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162
Dimensity 1200 1,082

Geekbench Multi-Core

2.1x faster
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6,626
Dimensity 1200 3,162

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dimensity 1200

Overview

Launch Date
October 2023
January 2021
Chipset Class
Flagship
Flagship
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Model Number
SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
MT6893

CPU

Total Cores
8
8
Core Configuration
1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520
1x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A78
3x 2.6GHz - Cortex-A78
4x 2.0GHz - Cortex-A55
Max Frequency
3400 MHz
3000 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
Process Node
TSMC 4 nm
6 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 Cache
1 MB
320 KB
L3 Cache
12 MB
8 MB
TDP
8 W
8 W

GPU

GPU Name
Adreno 750
ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Frequency
903 MHz - 1000 MHz
886 MHz
Shading Units
1536
32
FLOPS
3584 GFLOPS
510.3 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support
Yes
No
NPU
Hexagon NPU
MediaTek APU 3.0
API Support
Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency
4800 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x16-bit
4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
Max RAM Size
24 GB
12 GB
Storage Type
UFS 4.0
UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support
200 MP
200 MP
Video Capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
4K at 60FPS
Max Display Resolution
4K
WQHD+
Video Playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9
Audio Codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem
Snapdragon X75 5G
Helio M70
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
10 Gbps
4.7 Gbps
Upload Speed
Up to 3.5 Gbps
2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.4
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 3 Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu v11

Total
23,68,420
9,84,791
CPU
6,52,232
3,80,612
GPU
8,24,065
1,37,699
Memory
3,30,935
1,78,336
UX
5,61,188
2,88,144

Geekbench

Single-Core
2,162
1,082
Multi-Core
6,626
3,162

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+36 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Dimensity 1200 50

CPU Score

+32 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 76
Dimensity 1200 44

GPU Score

+48 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Dimensity 1200 38

Memory Score

+26 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 95
Dimensity 1200 69

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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