Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1169574
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
855531
CPU315665256612
GPU426818242461
Memory192834174728
UX234257181730
NanoReview Score1169574855531
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
5860
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Test40 fps35 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
1140
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
3624
File Compression154.9 MB/s165.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s110.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec139.8 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s10.3 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s30 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s79.5 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec116.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec4.71 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 77 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) 26 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 74 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) 98 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) 57 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) OnePlus Ace (1080x2412)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2850
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Mali-G610 MP6
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 860 MHz
Execution Units 2 6
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1024 384
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 660.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon MediaTek APU 580

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 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 MediaTek UltraSave 2.0
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4700 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr March, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 MT6895Z/TCZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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2 (66.67%)
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