Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 40
Different values 31
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 8000
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Architecture 4x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 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)
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2750 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.1-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP 8 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Maximum memory Not available 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
GPU Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 640
GPU architecture Valhall 3 Adreno 600
GPU clock 600 MHz 675 MHz
Execution units 6 2
Shaders 96 384
FLOPS 916 Gigaflops 1037 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Hexagon 690

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
4G Not available LTE Cat. 20
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Release March 2022 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6895 SM8150-AC
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Devices in database 2 2
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 8000

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

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