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Snapdragon 860 vs Dimensity 1080

Snapdragon 860
VS
Dimensity 1080
Snapdragon 860
Dimensity 1080

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v10
  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 860
  • Performs 51% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 18%) AnTuTu 10 score – 626K vs 531K
  • 14% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2600 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1080
  • Announced 3-years and 7-months later
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.13 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~19%)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 860
vs
Dimensity 1080

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 860 +18%
626891
Dimensity 1080
531332
CPU 175714 177132
GPU 154877 112841
Memory 129719 106425
UX 170708 139138
Total score 626891 531332
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 115.2 MB/sec 120.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 67.6 pages/sec 63 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 89.4 Mpixels/sec 91.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 53.8 images/sec 45.8 images/sec
HDR 79.4 Mpixels/sec 75.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 7.65 images/sec 6.73 images/sec
Photo processing 26.4 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.58 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 97% 99%
Graphics test 20 FPS 13 FPS
Score 3456 2302

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]		 38 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]		 27 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 62 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]		 83 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 37 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 86 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
1080 x 2400		 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 860 and Dimensity 1080

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)		 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 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 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP 6 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 675 MHz 800 MHz
Execution units 2 4
Shading units 384 -
Total shaders 768 -
FLOPS 1036.8 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 3.1 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 5.1 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2019 October 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150-AC MT6877V/TTZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1080 official site

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