Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 8s Gen 3
1481667
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
855531
CPU381423256612
GPU509135242461
Memory338352174728
UX252757181730
NanoReview Score1481667855531
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
5860
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Test67 fps35 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
1140
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
3624
File Compression228.2 MB/s165.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s110.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec139.8 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s10.3 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s30 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s79.5 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec116.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec4.71 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2850
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Mali-G610 MP6
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 860 MHz
Execution Units 3 6
Shader Units 256 64
Total shader 768 384
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 660.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 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 4.0
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X70 5G MediaTek UltraSave 2.0
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 4700 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr March, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 MT6895Z/TCZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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