MediaTek Dimensity 7100
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 7100 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (6 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs January 2021)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6858
Model Name
SM8250-AC
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
7 nm
2400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3

GPU Specifications

Mali-G610 MP2
GPU name
Adreno 650
1000 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
512
-
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
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L2 Cache
1 MB
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
2K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 7100
996
Snapdragon 870
1151 +16%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 7100
2950
Snapdragon 870
3336 +13%
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 7100
251
Snapdragon 870
1345 +436%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 7100
595824
Snapdragon 870
794278 +33%