Snapdragon 888 vs Dimensity 810

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (with Adreno 660 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 810 (Mali-G57 MP2). 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 888
  • Performs 9.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 200% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 17.07 GB/s)
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Dimensity 810
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 1135K vs 569K
  • 18% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 810
  • Higher GPU frequency (~27%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1135878
569913
CPU 406119 228631
GPU 233383 46684
Memory 188085 137506
UX 308291 157092
Total score 1135878 569913
Samples [127 tests] [4 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1500
Multi-Core Score
3537
Asset compression 156.9 MB/sec 93.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.4 pages/sec 49 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 104.6 Mpixels/sec 70.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.9 images/sec 36.2 images/sec
HDR 104.7 Mpixels/sec 58.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.1 images/sec 5.45 images/sec
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.04 Mpixels/sec 2.78 Mpixels/sec
Samples 49 tests Less than 3
Compute Score (GPU)
4509
Background blur 7.75 images/sec 2.12 images/sec
Face detection 3.37 images/sec 1.03 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.28 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.32 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 13.1 Gpixels/sec 4.05 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 851.2 FPS 242.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 19 tests -

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 505 150
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 4 FPS 1 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
1508
Score 1508 367
Stability 91% -
Graphics test 9 FPS 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
13229
Web score 12232 8724
Video editing score 7638 6058
Data manipulation score 10494 7484
Photo editing score 29866 26572
Writing score 15219 10586
Phones tested 11 models Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 83 FPS
[Ultra]
77 FPS
[Low]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]
42 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Ultra]
26 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]
74 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS
[Ultra]
56 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 58 FPS
[Ultra]
37 FPS
[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Asus Zenfone 8
1080 x 2400
Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G
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 888
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Nam)AnTuTu 121163847
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Zha)AnTuTu 12976692
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 -> NotezitGeekbench 6 CPU1412 / 3348
MediaTek Dimensity 810
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> FoausAnTuTu 11576268
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 (Nam)AnTuTu 11608161
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 -> Harsha9849AnTuTu 11579097
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-23 (Klim)AnTuTu 11569913
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Gab)AnTuTu 11560120

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Dimensity 810

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 1068 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 64
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 136.7 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 MediaTek NPU 3.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 17.07 Gb/s
Max size 24 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 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem X60 -
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2020 August 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8350 MT6833V
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site MediaTek Dimensity 810 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 6080

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