Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2022 (January 2021 vs March 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2021
Launch Date
March 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AC
Model Name
MT6895Z/TCZA
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
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
5 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
670 MHz
GPU frequency
860 MHz
1.3721 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.309 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
6
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon 698
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
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
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 870
1151 +1%
Dimensity 8100
1141
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 870
3336
Dimensity 8100
3640 +9%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 870
794278
Dimensity 8100
843925 +6%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 870
1345 +1%
Dimensity 8100
1335