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Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Dimensity 1200

Snapdragon 855 Plus
VS
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 855 Plus
Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (with Adreno 640 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 (3)

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 855 Plus
  • Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855 Plus
  • Higher GPU frequency (~31%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Shows slightly better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 11 score – 960K vs 859K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 855 Plus
vs
Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 855 Plus
859084
Dimensity 1200 +12%
960724
CPU 319447 384772
GPU 140848 144433
Memory 160806 177452
UX 237983 254067
Total score 859084 960724
Samples [3 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 130.6 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 71.1 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 92.4 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 62.4 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.03 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 31.2 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.8 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 159 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.59 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 1.99 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.85 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 507.1 FPS 838.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 2 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 - 1311
Stability - 79%
Graphics test - 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

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

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 39 FPS
[Ultra]		 68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 29 FPS
[Medium]		 28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 53 FPS
[Ultra]		 71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 39 FPS
[Ultra]		 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Realme X3 Superzoom
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 855 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Ray white)Geekbench 7 CPU939 / 2938
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-10 (Jay Bee)AnTuTu 11793601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-07 (Gadgi)AnTuTu 11859084
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-29 (Archie)Geekbench 6 GPU2934
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-28 (Woafi)AnTuTu 121115400
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
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 Plus and Dimensity 1200

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)		 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2960 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 675 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 1036.8 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 690 MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G Helio M70
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 19
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced July 2019 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150-AC MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 - MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

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Comments

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AruX October 19, 2021 at 11:09 AM
why?? earlier when i checked the scores of sd 855 plus were far behind dm 1200 That's strange Even in performance Dm outruns Sd 855 plus Its close to sd 870 This is Kinda Strange I Have even emulated on both chipsets to find the true potential of em And After that i can say that dm 1200 is clearly a flagship level chipset
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Hena February 14, 2022 at 08:18 PM
Yes, but the performance of an 855 is more consistent over time. If you do a 3dMark Wild Life Stress Test you'll notice that device stability with the 855+ is always 98/99%, while with the Dimensity 1200 it's at 60% and performance decays to the point of being a bit worse than an 855+ running Android 11. So for heavy gaming, I'd choose a Snapdragon 855+ over the Dimensity.
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Hena February 17, 2022 at 01:50 AM
Hena, I'm using a dimensity 1200 now, compared to 855+ it runs a little better than 855+ and doesn't heat up. But it depends on the games and their optimization.
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