Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and MediaTek Dimensity 8200
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 860
643690
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
933773
CPU189310267830
GPU155621237310
Memory121534198476
UX177225230157
NanoReview Score643690933773
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
5876
Stability97 %95 %
Graphics Test20 fps35 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
1224
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
3891
File Compression115.2 MB/s172.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser67.6 pages/s108 pages/s
PDF Rendering89.4 MP/sec140.4 MP/sec
Background Blur7.65 frames/s14.7 frames/s
Photo Processing26.4 frames/s34.4 frames/s
Image Detection53.8 frames/s86.2 frames/s
HDR79.4 MP/sec118.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.58 MP/sec4.63 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 1/3.1 (Cortex A78)
- 3/3 (Cortex A78)
- 4/2 (Cortex A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2960 3100
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 2 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 Mali-G610 MP6
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 675 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 3 6
Shader Units 256 64
Total shader 768 384
FLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS 729.6 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 690 MediaTek APU 580

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 4700 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2019 yr December, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8150-AC MT6896Z

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8200 the clear winner in this comparison.

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