MediaTek Dimensity 1080 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 10xx Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 7

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G68 MP4 Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.59 GHz
• Execution units
  4 2
• Shader
  64 512
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 6
• Technology
  6 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q4/2019

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4XLPDDR5 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• Memory channels
  0 4
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and MediaTek Dimensity 1080, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  6 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  -- N/A
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Kryo 585
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2019
• Part Number
  MT6877V/TTZA SM8250