Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Launch Date
December 2021
January 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Model Name
SM8450
MT6893
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
6 nm
Frequency
3000 MHz
3000 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 730
Mali-G77 MP9
GPU frequency
818 MHz
850 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2520 x 1080
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
0.9792 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
9
Shading units
768
64
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
DirectX version
12.1
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 19
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.2
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
1 MB
320 KB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
MediaTek APU 3.0
TDP
5.3 W
10 W
Advantages
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 6 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: December 2021 (December 2021 vs January 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+49%
1664
Dimensity 1200
1118
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+26%
4030
Dimensity 1200
3198
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+58%
1107494
Dimensity 1200
700980
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+146%
2487
Dimensity 1200
1009
SiliconCat Rating
28
Ranks 28 among all SOC on our website
55
Ranks 55 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 1200
