Dimensity 1100 vs Snapdragon 865 Full Benchmark Comparison

Dimensity 1100, A top-tier chipset from MediaTek up against and Qualcomm’s previous flagship Snapdragon 865. Below you will find a detailed comparison between Snapdragon 865 and Dimensity with AnTuTu, Geekbench, and gaming benchmarks.

You will find Dimensity 1100 in Vivo S9, Vivo S10, Realme Q3 Pro, POCO X3 GT some more smartphones. Snapdragon 865 is quite more popular and it’s part of smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, OnePlus 8T, Mi 10, and plenty of others

Before we proceed to benchmarks, let’s take a look at the specifications comparison of both chipsets

Table of Contents

Specifications
Benchmarks
Conclusion
Other Similar Comparisons

Specifications

CPU

	Dimensity 1100	Snapdragon 865
Cores	8 2x 2.3GHz – Cortex A76(Kryo 465 Gold) 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55(Kryo 465 Silver)	8 2x 2.2GHz – Cortex A76(Kryo 460 Gold) 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55(Kryo 460 Silver)
Clock speed	2600 MHz	2840 MHz
Fabrication Process	6nm	7nm
Architecture	ARMv8-A	ARMV8.2-A
L1 Cache	–	512 kb
L2 Cache	2 Mb	1 Mb
L3 Cache	3 Mb	4 Mb
TDP	10W	10W

Both have an octa-core processor. However, Dimensity is 6nm with four Cortex A-78 running at 2.6GHz and four efficiency Cortex A55 running at 1.8GHz. Snapdragon 865 is a 7nm chipset, with a slightly different core arrangement. It has one 2.84GHz Cortex A-77 core along with three 2.45GHz Cortex-A78 secondary cores and four 1.8 GHz Cortex A55 power-efficient cores.

GPU

	Dimensity 1100	Snapdragon 865
Name	Mali-G77 MC9	Adreno 650
GPU clock speed	850 MHz	587 MHz
GPU execution units	11	2
Shading unit	114	512
FLOPS	1126	1228
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan	1.1	1.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.0

Mali G77 MC9 has more GPU clock and execution units, on the other hand, Snapdragon 865 has more shading units and FLOPS. They both have their own gaming features like Qualcomm Elite gaming and MediaTek Hyper engine 3.0

Multimedia and Memory

	Dimensity 1100	Snapdragon 865
Display resolution	2520 x 1080 pixels	3840 x 2160 pixels
Camera resolution	2 x 32+16 megapixels max 108 megapixel	2 x 25 megapixels(dual) max 200 megapixel
Video resolution	8k @ 30fps	4k @ 60fps
Storage	UFS 3.1	UFS 3.1
AI Engine	MediaTek APU 3.0	Hexagon 698
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory speed	4266 MHz	2750 MHz
Size	8 GB	8GB
Bus	4 x 16 bit	4 x 16 bit
Bandwidth	unknown	44 Gbps

Snapdragon 865 supports more display resolution and it has LPDDR5 RAM. Dimensity 1100 can capture 8K videos and supports faster LPDDR4X RAM.

Connectivity and Other info

	Dimensity 1100	Snapdragon 865
Modem	Helio M70 5G, LTE Cat. 19	X55, LTE Cat. 24
Download speed	4700 Mbps	2000 Mbps
Upload speed	2500 Mbps	316 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	6
Bluetooth	5.2	5.1
Release date	January 2021	December 2019

Dimensity 1100 is a way ahead here with almost 2x download speed, 7x upload speed, and the latest Bluetooth 5.2

Benchmarks

This is an AnTutu, Geekbench 5, and gaming benchmarks comparison between Dimensity 1100 and snapdragon 865.

AnTuTu

	Dimensity 1100(Vivo S9)	Snapdragon 865(Mi 10 Pro)
Overall	6,08,765(+2.5%)	5,93,857

Geekbench 5

Single-core	819(-8.6%)	890
Multi-core	3240(-0.9%)	3269

Gaming Performance

PUBG Mobile (high)	49 fps	61 fps
Call of Duty: Mobile (ultra)	57 fps	60 fps
Genshin Impact (Ultra)	50 fps	59 fps
Fortnite(High)	25 fps	30 fps
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Ultra)	61 fps	57 fps

Conclusion

So which one is better out of these two? Snapdragon 865 is slightly behind the AnTuTu score. It’s the same story in Geekbench 5 benchmarks. In multi-core benchmarks, they are almost identical

At first glance, Dimensity 1100 seems to have a better GPU. Maybe it’s more shading units or well-optimized elite gaming feature, but in almost every game Snapdragon 865 is better.

Even for year older chipset, Snapdragon 865 still holds up pretty well and gives better performance in gaming that’s it will the winner here. Yes, connectivity options are still better on Dimensity 1100, but that won’t appeal to most people.