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Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Dimensity 1200

Snapdragon 888 Plus
VS
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 888 Plus
Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 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

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 2.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 26%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 960K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 888 Plus
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 888 Plus
vs
Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 888 Plus +26%
1208784
Dimensity 1200
960724
CPU 427402 384772
GPU 237850 144433
Memory 183144 177452
UX 360388 254067
Total score 1208784 960724
Samples [5 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 168.9 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 108.6 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 136.9 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 89.6 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 124 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 14.4 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 34.3 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.3 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 5.76 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.49 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 552.5 FPS 838.9 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 2 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 1252 1311
Stability 97% 79%
Graphics test 7 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10869 9284
Video editing score 7477 6385
Data manipulation score 10013 10275
Photo editing score 27933 25491
Writing score 14232 14338
Phones tested - 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite - 28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - 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 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
Add View all (8)
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 GPU4546
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 CPU1112 / 3313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu 11960724
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Π’Π°Ρ€Ρ„ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΉ Π˜Π³ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡)AnTuTu 11773735
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu 11961761
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Dimensity 1200

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)		 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2995 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 1290.2 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 780 MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 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 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X60 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 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced June 2021 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8350-AC MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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