Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Dimensity 1080

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 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 888 Plus
  • Performs 5.3x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 65%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 731K
  • 15% higher CPU clock speed (2995 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1080
  • Higher GPU frequency (~13%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1208784
CPU 427402 286757
GPU 237850 76903
Memory 183144 134935
UX 360388 233342
Total score 1208784 731937
Samples [5 tests] [58 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 168.9 MB/sec 121.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 108.6 pages/sec 63 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 136.9 Mpixels/sec 89.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 89.6 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
HDR 124 Mpixels/sec 81 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 14.4 images/sec 7.24 images/sec
Photo processing 34.3 images/sec 23.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 25 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.3 images/sec 3.62 images/sec
Face detection 5.76 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.49 Gpixels/sec 7.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 552.5 FPS 422.6 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 2 tests 14 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 234
Graphics test - 2 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1252 631
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 3 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10869 10948
Video editing score 7477 7467
Data manipulation score 10013 10634
Photo editing score 27933 18941
Writing score 14232 14594
Phones tested - 4 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 38 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 27 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends - 62 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 83 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 37 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 86 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - 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.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu 111208784
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu 111200817
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu 111156304
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu 111235608
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek)Geekbench 6 GPU5117
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (Ano)Geekbench 6 GPU2720
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (Anonymous)Geekbench 6 CPU1020 / 2514
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 -> PolarisDeOstianAnTuTu 11780307
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (Polaris)AnTuTu 11780307
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Ditthaze)AnTuTu 11731937

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Dimensity 1080

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.995 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 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2995 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 128
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

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 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 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 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced June 2021 October 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8350-AC MT6877V/TTZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site MediaTek Dimensity 1080 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 7050

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