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Snapdragon 865 vs Dimensity 1200

Snapdragon 865
VS
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 865
Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (with Adreno 650 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 (8)

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 865
  • Performs 77% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 865
  • Higher GPU frequency (~51%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • 6% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2840 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 865
vs
Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 865 +2%
978910
Dimensity 1200
960724
CPU 385127 384772
GPU 148169 144433
Memory 166070 177452
UX 279544 254067
Total score 978910 960724
Samples [104 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 149.1 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 87.2 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 125.3 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 77 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 106.3 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 32.7 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.29 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 52 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.53 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 1.97 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.05 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 567.3 FPS 838.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 34 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 1110 1311
Stability 99% 79%
Graphics test 6 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Snapdragon 865
11621
Dimensity 1200 +1%
11728
Web score 9557 9284
Video editing score 5874 6385
Data manipulation score 8658 10275
Photo editing score 29642 25491
Writing score 14782 14338
Phones tested 14 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 61 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 30 FPS
[Ultra]		 28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
1080 x 2340		 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 865
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (GameFabuloso16)AnTuTu1010010
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 -> RennsportAnTuTu1066668
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (May)AnTuTu745543
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 -> penguin_1234GeekBench GPU3056
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 -> penguin_1234GeekBench CPU1129 / 3155
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekBench GPU4546
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekBench CPU1112 / 3313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu960724
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Π’Π°Ρ€Ρ„ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΉ Π˜Π³ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡)AnTuTu773735
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu961761
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 865 and Dimensity 1200

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 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 4 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 587 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 901.6 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 698 MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 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 X55 Helio M70
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 19
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2019 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8250-AB MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Comments

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Bilal Hussain Shaikh August 21, 2023 at 02:16 PM
In this situation I have to pick both Processors Snapdragon 865 and Dimensity 1200, better than Exynos any series, agreed?
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Wazz September 4, 2021 at 09:21 AM
All issues that ppl are talking about here could be due to firmware/drivers not being fully ironed because of hardware being so new. I am sure that things are getting sorted out already and D1200 is going to reach its full potential in few months when apps and games optimise as well as firmware.
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Deng Frosch July 25, 2021 at 06:31 AM
The Mediatek Dimensity 1200 is unstable and the benchmarks are disappointing. It is easily bested in benchmarks by 4 generations of Qualcomm processors including the powerful 888, 870, 865+ and the 865. You have to go years back to the 855 to find a Qualcomm processor less powerful than the Dimensity 1200. More troubling is the system instability created by Mediatek overclocking the 1200 in an attempt to hide the weakness of their processor. Mediatek processors are fine for budget phones but tech savvy customers demand a powerful Qualcomm processor
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PeeCee August 12, 2021 at 12:40 PM
Well, I think you're right to some extent. On paper, the Dimensity 1200 should have outscored Snapdragon 865/865+/870 in CPU test because not only it is made of a 6nm node, compared to 7nm node of SD 865/870 but also utilises the newer, faster cortex a78 @ 3.0 Ghz. However, in the CPU test, the DM 1200 sometimes scores lower than SD 865/870 in both the single and multi-core test. Besides, being the flagship of Mediatek processor, DM 1200 should be equipped with Mali G78 GPU, with at least 10-12 cores, which will hugely improve the performance in turn, instead of the Mali G77 GPU. Ideally, Mediatek should have made DM 1200 composing of 2 x cortex a78 @ 3.15 Ghz + 2 x cortex a78 @ 2.6 Ghz + 4 x cortex a55 @ 2.2 Ghz with Mali G78 MP12 GPU, made, if possibly, of 5nm node, which would make it very competitive even with the SD 888, not to mention SD 965/870
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Wazz September 4, 2021 at 09:11 AM
PeeCee, Are you expert from the industry?
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Naval128 September 28, 2021 at 02:55 PM
PeeCee, I feel like the choice of GPU is to reduce the cost of the chip. You have to remember that it's an upper midrange SoC, not really a flagship SoC.
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dhruv May 31, 2021 at 11:51 AM
the dimensity 1200 will be a good chipset for gaming, really looking forward to using this in a phone
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Didi August 10, 2021 at 06:22 PM
Der Chipsatz ist rasend schnell ich bin sehr begeistert habe es getestet beim Oneplus Nord 2.
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