Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (7 nm vs 6 nm)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2021
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AC
Model Name
MT6893
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)
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
6 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Mali-G77 MP9
670 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
1.3721 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.9792 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
64
2
Execution units
9
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 19
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon 698
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 3.0
1 MB
L2 Cache
320 KB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
10 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 870
1151 +3%
Dimensity 1200
1118
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 870
3336 +4%
Dimensity 1200
3198
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 870
794278 +12%
Dimensity 1200
708061
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 870
1345 +35%
Dimensity 1200
999