Snapdragon 860 vs Dimensity 1000 Plus

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus (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.

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 860
  • Performs 2.2x better in floating-point computations
  • 14% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 29.87 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 11 score – 822K vs 754K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
  • Higher GPU frequency (~24%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 299294 289574
GPU 119740 126700
Memory 162141 139028
UX 241258 199614
Total score 822433 754916
Samples [47 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 122.6 MB/sec 151.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.8 pages/sec 80.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 85.4 Mpixels/sec 113 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.3 images/sec 66 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 93.2 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.45 images/sec 9.57 images/sec
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 32.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.72 Mpixels/sec 4.05 Mpixels/sec
Samples 21 tests 76 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.67 images/sec 6.75 images/sec
Face detection 2.01 images/sec 3.23 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.94 Gpixels/sec 13.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 512.2 FPS 722.4 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 12 tests -

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 979 1192
Stability 91% 99%
Graphics test 5 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8774 9939
Video editing score 6020 7969
Data manipulation score 8724 9468
Photo editing score 22475 39339
Writing score 13390 14837
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
45 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]
55 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]
28 FPS
[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]
58 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]
56 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
1080 x 2400
iQOO Z1
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 860
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (Zeexi)AnTuTu911542
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (Tymanovik)AnTuTu822512
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Aren)AnTuTu811317
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Aren)AnTuTu811317
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (Nafez De Vonsera)AnTuTu888889
MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-05 (pichayut)AnTuTu754916

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 860 and Dimensity 1000 Plus

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2960 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 7 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 675 MHz 836 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 481.5 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 1866 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 29.87 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
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
- 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 5.1 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced April 2019 May 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8150-AC MT6889Z/CZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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