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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Dimensity 8200

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
Dimensity 8200
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Dimensity 8200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (with Adreno 730 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 8200 (Mali-G610 MP6). 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 2.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Dimensity 8200
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Shows better (up to 15%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1420K vs 1240K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8200
  • Higher GPU frequency (~6%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
Dimensity 8200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 537485 428145
GPU 241551 233006
Memory 254727 267125
UX 387045 312545
Total score 1420808 1240821
Samples [116 tests] [73 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 190.8 MB/sec 172.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 126.3 pages/sec 108 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.1 Mpixels/sec 140.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 114.8 images/sec 86.2 images/sec
HDR 141.5 Mpixels/sec 118.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16 images/sec 14.7 images/sec
Photo processing 37.7 images/sec 34.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 4.63 Mpixels/sec
Samples 72 tests 28 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 8.63 images/sec 6.16 images/sec
Face detection 5.22 images/sec 2.93 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.19 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 955.6 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 39 tests 15 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 856 626
Stability 98% 97%
Graphics test 6 FPS 5 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2756 1788
Stability 44% 99%
Graphics test 16 FPS 10 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12737 11474
Video editing score 7462 5571
Data manipulation score 12439 10859
Photo editing score 32017 32165
Writing score 16257 20448
Phones tested 5 models 11 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 47 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro
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“˜ 2026-09-02 (Wortek)AnTuTu1294979
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> OfficalK12GeekBench CPU1429 / 4113
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> OfficalK12AnTuTu1382609
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Smofan)AnTuTu1433942
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (Абдухаким)AnTuTu1344510
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MediaTek Dimensity 8200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu1130854
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 -> qngz_GeekBench GPU4860
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 -> qngz_GeekBench CPU1354 / 4129
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Dragon73828)AnTuTu1329392
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 -> Regenis0CPU Throttle78%
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 8200

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex A78
3x 3 GHz – Cortex A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3200 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G610 MP6
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 2 6
Shading units 512 64
Total shaders 1024 384
FLOPS 1843.2 Gigaflops 729.6 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 580

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 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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		 - 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 December 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8475 MT6896Z
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site MediaTek Dimensity 8200 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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