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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Dimensity 1080

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
Dimensity 1080
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Dimensity 1080

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (with Adreno 730 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 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 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Performs 7.6x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 94%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1420K vs 731K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • 23% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1080
  • Higher GPU frequency (~6%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
Dimensity 1080

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 537485 286757
GPU 241551 76903
Memory 254727 134935
UX 387045 233342
Total score 1420808 731937
Samples [116 tests] [58 tests]
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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 190.8 MB/sec 121.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 126.3 pages/sec 63 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.1 Mpixels/sec 89.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 114.8 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
HDR 141.5 Mpixels/sec 81 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16 images/sec 7.24 images/sec
Photo processing 37.7 images/sec 23.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 72 tests 25 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 8.63 images/sec 3.62 images/sec
Face detection 5.22 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 24.4 Gpixels/sec 7.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 666.6 FPS 422.6 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 39 tests 14 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 856 234
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 6 FPS 2 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2756 631
Stability 44% 99%
Graphics test 16 FPS 3 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12737 10948
Video editing score 7462 7467
Data manipulation score 12439 10634
Photo editing score 32017 18941
Writing score 16257 14594
Phones tested 5 models 4 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 38 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 47 FPS
[Ultra]		 27 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 62 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 83 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 37 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 86 FPS
[Ultra]
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S 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.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Gog)AnTuTu 121527301
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (XfakhR)AnTuTu 111467208
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (spoonky)AnTuTu 121520938
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 (Wortek)AnTuTu 111294979
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> OfficalK12Geekbench 6 CPU1429 / 4113
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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
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 1080

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 4 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 512 32
Total shaders 1024 128
FLOPS 1843.2 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 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 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 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 Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 October 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8475 MT6877V/TTZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1080 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 7050

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