Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and MediaTek Dimensity 1080
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 888
913477
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
546747
CPU244750172628
GPU305779115442
Memory162981104408
UX199967154269
NanoReview Score913477546747
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
2302
Stability63 %99 %
Graphics Test34 fps13 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
965
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
2409
File Compression160.7 MB/s120.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s63 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s6.73 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s21.6 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s45.8 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec75.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec3.29 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) 57 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 38 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 62 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) 83 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 86 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) 37 FPS (Ultra)
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A78)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 768 128
FLOPS 1290.2 GFLOPS 243.2 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 780 MediaTek APU 3.0

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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 2770 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 1250 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr October, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8350 MT6877V/TTZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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