Snapdragon 855 vs Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (Mali-G77 MP9). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
  • Performs 76% better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855
  • Higher GPU frequency (~51%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 11 score – 960K vs 824K
  • 6% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2840 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
960724
CPU 314517 384772
GPU 125449 144433
Memory 150134 177452
UX 234413 254067
Total score 824513 960724
Samples [39 tests] [12 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 126.8 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 74.2 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 88 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.7 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 89.3 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.07 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 20.2 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.06 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 29 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.31 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 1.84 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 8.72 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 444 FPS 838.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 19 tests 6 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 442
Stability - 96%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 876 1311
Stability 86% 79%
Graphics test 5 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
11728
Web score 8813 9284
Video editing score 5956 6385
Data manipulation score 8239 10275
Photo editing score 22485 25491
Writing score 13084 14338
Phones tested 8 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]
28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 51 FPS
[Ultra]
71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]
88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 57 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340
Oppo Realme GT Neo
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (Zakazaka1273)AnTuTu 11855696
📘 2026-10-02 (Pon)AnTuTu 121038764
📘 2026-09-28 (Stanley)AnTuTu 12969794
📘 2026-09-12 (Stanley)AnTuTu 11847934
📘 2026-09-06 (pakasraka)AnTuTu 11763477
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 GPU4546
📘 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 CPU1112 / 3313
📘 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu 11960724
📘 2026-05-04 (Варфоломей Игоревич)AnTuTu 11773735
📘 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu 11961761

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 and Dimensity 1200

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 585 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 898.5 Gigaflops 510.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 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
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Helio M70
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 19
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2018 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150 MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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ⁿᵗᵏ︵ zensok ff™ January 22, 2025 at 05:39 AM
855 is old but i choose it old is gold
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