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MediaTek Dimensity 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8000
Rank 2 - 86 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8000
Rank 2 - 67 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 8000
8C / 8T · 2.75 GHz
845
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
724
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 8000
8C / 8T · 2.75 GHz
3,460
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
2,578

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At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 8000 (4)Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)
ArchitectureCortex-A78 / Cortex-A55Kryo 485
Technology5 nm7 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorQualcomm Snapdragon 845
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A78
2.75 GHz
1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.84 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.75 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
GPU nameARM Mali-G610 MP6Qualcomm Adreno 640
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.59 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology4 nm7 nm
Release dateQ2/2021Q1/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels44
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8000Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2022Q4/2018
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 8000
MediaTek Dimensity 8000
8C / 8T · 2.75 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz

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MediaTek Dimensity 8000
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