Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Dimensity 7200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (with Adreno 730 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 7200 (Mali-G610 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 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Dimensity 7200
  • Shows significantly better (up to 46%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1420K vs 971K
  • 14% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2800 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 7200
  • Higher GPU frequency (~26%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 537485 362430
GPU 241551 148984
Memory 254727 169068
UX 387045 290942
Total score 1420808 971424
Samples [116 tests] [37 tests]

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 127.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 126.3 pages/sec 73.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.1 Mpixels/sec 86.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 114.8 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
HDR 141.5 Mpixels/sec 76.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16 images/sec 8.69 images/sec
Photo processing 37.7 images/sec 21.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 3.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 72 tests 7 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 8.63 images/sec 5.06 images/sec
Face detection 5.22 images/sec 2.89 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 24.4 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 666.6 FPS 909.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 39 tests 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 856 447
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 6 FPS 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2756 1158
Stability 44% 99%
Graphics test 16 FPS 6 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
Web score 12737 -
Video editing score 7462 -
Data manipulation score 12439 -
Photo editing score 32017 -
Writing score 16257 -
Phones tested 5 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 89 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 47 FPS
[Ultra]
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Shadowgun Legends 114 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro
1080 x 2400
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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“˜ 2026-10-21 (T0rt1lla)AnTuTu 121572879
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-20 (GiaKhanh10D1)AnTuTu 121478022
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-18 -> ZayAnTuTu 121577331
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-15 (Hekoow)AnTuTu 111406051
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-14 (Rayuthme)AnTuTu 121517844
MediaTek Dimensity 7200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Kaiser)AnTuTu 121001163
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Vedurijuht2425)AnTuTu 121045921
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Tushar Ranjan Sharma)AnTuTu 11980070
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (PratikπŸ‘€πŸ’—)AnTuTu 11964788
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (Mushraf)AnTuTu 111003769

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 7200

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G610 MP4
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU frequency 900 MHz 1130 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 512 64
Total shaders 1024 256
FLOPS 1843.2 Gigaflops 578.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 650

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 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 LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 February 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8475 MT6886
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site MediaTek Dimensity 7200 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 7400

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