Snapdragon 855 vs Dimensity 1080

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 1080 (Mali-G68 MP4). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

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
  • Performs 31% better in floating-point computations
  • 9% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 10 score – 600K vs 536K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1080
  • Announced 3-years and 11-months later
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.13 GB/s)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~37%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
600119
CPU 196082 177132
GPU 136210 112841
Memory 114162 106425
UX 152437 139138
Total score 600119 536242

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 129.1 MB/sec 120.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 75.9 pages/sec 63 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 88.8 Mpixels/sec 91.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 62.3 images/sec 45.8 images/sec
HDR 91.7 Mpixels/sec 75.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.79 images/sec 6.73 images/sec
Photo processing 27.5 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.01 Mpixels/sec 3.29 Mpixels/sec
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 91% 99%
Graphics test 18 FPS 13 FPS
Score 3098 2302

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS
[Ultra]
38 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]
27 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 51 FPS
[Ultra]
62 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]
83 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 37 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 57 FPS
[Ultra]
86 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 and Dimensity 1080

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP 6 W 4 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 585 MHz 800 MHz
Execution units 2 4
Shading units 384 -
Total shaders 768 -
FLOPS 898.5 Gigaflops 686 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 MediaTek APU 3.0
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 1250 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 December 2018 October 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150 MT6877V/TTZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1080 official site

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