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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 1200

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (with Adreno 730 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (Mali-G77 MP9). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Performs 3.3x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 35%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1294K vs 960K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Higher GPU frequency (~8%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +35%
1294871
Dimensity 1200
960724
CPU 490530 384772
GPU 202615 144433
Memory 221583 177452
UX 380143 254067
Total score 1294871 960724
Samples [90 tests] [12 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 151.4 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104.2 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 124.3 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 88.5 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 119.9 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 38.4 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.49 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 54 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 9.81 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 4.42 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.41 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.8 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1079.5 FPS 838.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 30 tests 6 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 729 442
Stability - 96%
Graphics test 5 FPS 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2255 1311
Stability 63% 79%
Graphics test 13 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13237 9284
Video editing score 7311 6385
Data manipulation score 10976 10275
Photo editing score 27827 25491
Writing score 15631 14338
Phones tested 16 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 42 FPS
[Ultra]		 28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 40 FPS
[Ultra]		 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
1080 x 2400		 Oppo Realme GT Neo
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (Khaled)AnTuTu1341721
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 (Jonath)AnTuTu1005770
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Hireath)GeekBench CPU1432 / 3945
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-01 (Abdullah)AnTuTu1324059
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_KingGeekBench GPU3761
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekBench GPU4546
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekBench CPU1112 / 3313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu960724
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Π’Π°Ρ€Ρ„ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΉ Π˜Π³ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡)AnTuTu773735
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu961761
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 1200

CPU

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
Frequency 3000 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 32 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5.3 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 818 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 2 9
Shading units 512 32
Total shaders 1024 288
FLOPS 1675.3 Gigaflops 510.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 Helio M70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 19
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8450 MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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