MediaTek Dimensity 1200
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (6 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2021 vs January 2026)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2021
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6893
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
4 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G77 MP9
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
850 MHz
GPU frequency
-
0.9792 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
128
9
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.2
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 19
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

320 KB
L2 Cache
-
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
10 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek APU 3.0
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 1200
1118
Dimensity 8500
1693 +51%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 1200
3198
Dimensity 8500
6897 +116%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 1200
708061
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +233%