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Snapdragon 845 vs Dimensity 1200

Snapdragon 845
VS
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 845
Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (with Adreno 630 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 845
  • Performs 42% better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 845
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 10 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 68%) AnTuTu 11 score – 960K vs 572K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2800 MHz)
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 29.8 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 845
vs
Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 845
572788
Dimensity 1200 +68%
960724
CPU 218886 384772
GPU 99670 144433
Memory 111434 177452
UX 142798 254067
Total score 572788 960724
Samples [23 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 99.6 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 66.6 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 79.8 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 16.9 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 67.5 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.59 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 19.9 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.88 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 8 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 6.06 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 2.98 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 1.24 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 541.1 FPS 838.9 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 7 tests 6 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 442
Stability - 96%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 460 1311
Stability 90% 79%
Graphics test 2 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Snapdragon 845
8977
Dimensity 1200 +31%
11728
Web score 7215 9284
Video editing score 6392 6385
Data manipulation score 6714 10275
Photo editing score 18641 25491
Writing score 9480 14338
Phones tested 3 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 53 FPS
[Ultra]		 68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 55 FPS
[High]		 60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]		 28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 48 FPS
[High]		 71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Pocophone F1
1080 x 2246		 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 845
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)CPU Throttle93%
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)Geekbench 6 GPU2613
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)Geekbench 6 CPU570 / 2056
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul)AnTuTu 11640111
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Bisfy)AnTuTu 11572788
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 GPU4546
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 CPU1112 / 3313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu 11960724
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Π’Π°Ρ€Ρ„ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΉ Π˜Π³ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡)AnTuTu 11773735
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu 11961761
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 845 and Dimensity 1200

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2800 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 256 KB 320 KB
L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
Process 10 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 630 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 710 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 2 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 512 288
FLOPS 727 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 685 MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29.8 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X20 Helio M70
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 19
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2017 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SDM845 MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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