Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Mediatek Dimensity 1200
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Adreno 825 GPU, while the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 comes with an octa-core CPU and the ARM Mali-G77 MP9 GPU.
Why Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 is better than MediaTek Dimensity 1200
- More advanced 4 nm process vs 6 nm
- Uses newer LPDDR5x memory compared to older LPDDR4X
- Newer Bluetooth 6.0 vs 5.2
- 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 34.1 GB/s)
- 200% higher AnTuTu score (2.11M vs 704K)
- 7% Faster CPU clock speed (3200 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.2-A)
- 361% higher compute power (2.35 TFLOPS vs 0.51 TFLOPS)
- Geekbench 6 shows 98% faster single-core and 110% faster multi-core performance
- 13% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 4266 MHz)
Performance Scores
CPU score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
75
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
44
GPU score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
84
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
38
Memory score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
96
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
69
Total score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
85
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
50
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +200%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2,109,129
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
704,215
| CPU | 481,122 | 184,232 |
| GPU | 896,723 | 245,592 |
| MEM | 390,012 | 124,433 |
| UX | 341,272 | 149,958 |
| TOTAL | 2,109,129 | 704,215 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +98%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2,160
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
1,089
Multi-Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +110%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6,989
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
3,334
| Single-Core | 2,160 | 1,089 |
| Multi-Core | 6,989 | 3,334 |
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
General
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | MediaTek Dimensity 1200 |
| Launch Date | April 2025 | January 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | SM8735 | MT6893 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4 3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720 |
1x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A78 3x 2.6GHz - Cortex-A78 4x 2.0GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3200 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 Cache | - | 320 KB |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP | - | 8 W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Adreno 825 | ARM Mali-G77 MP9 |
| GPU Frequency | 1150 | 886 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | Hexagon NPU | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 512 | 32 |
| Compute Performance | 2.35 TFLOPS | 0.510 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes (Software-based) |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 34.1 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 1x 320 MP | 1x 200 MP |
| Video Capture | 4K @ 60FPS 1080p @ 480FPS |
4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS | 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
| Display Support | WQHD+ @ 144 Hz | 2520 x 1080 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 5G | Helio M70 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | 4.2 Gbps | Up to 4.7 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.5 Gbps | Up to 2.5 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth Version | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, NavIC, QZSS |