# MediaTek Dimensity 8100 trade blows with Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, drawing less power

URL: https://technosports.co.in/mediatek-dimensity-8100-trade/  
Published: 2022-03-05  
Updated: 2022-03-05  
Author: Raunak Saha

While Qualcomm is already being slain by MediaTek both in terms of performance & efficiency as well as in sales worldwide. Now, to make things even worse for Qualcomm, at the start of this month it announced the new [Dimensity 8000 series 5G SoCs](https://technosports.co.in/2022/03/01/mediatek-dimensity-8000-5g-series/) for premium mid-range smartphones and benchmarks show they are on par with Qualcomm flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

> Realme GT Neo 3 (RMX3562) Spotted on Geekbench.  
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> MediaTek Dimensity 8100  
> Android 12  
> 12GB RAM[https://t.co/0iobDrQtMe](https://t.co/0iobDrQtMe) [https://t.co/E13WzjgjQn](https://t.co/E13WzjgjQn) [pic.twitter.com/UoQSOl2GVD](https://t.co/UoQSOl2GVD)
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> — Ankit (@TechnoAnkit1) [March 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/TechnoAnkit1/status/1499954148594569218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Yes, this TSMC’s 5nm based Dimensity 8100 is posing serious scores which can make Qualcomm tensed. The upcoming Realme GT Neo 3 has been spotted using this chip and it has posted a score of 969 points in Geekbench 5’s single-core test and 3923 points in multi-core.

These scores do not blow away the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 entirely but are better than the Snapdragon 888 in multi-core, however, the Diversity 8100 result is just a leak which is of one benchmark of a single smartphone. So, we cannot draw any conclusion about its performance as of now, though it’s a bit weak in single-core against Qualcomm.

> 25 % difference power consumption  
> dimensity 9000 vs snapdragon 8 gen 1  
> Big core 3.4 w vs 4.3 w   
> Tsmc 4nm vs Samsung 4nm  
> base on arm cortex x2 [pic.twitter.com/Obv4GqInuC](https://t.co/Obv4GqInuC)
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> — 0me #Suriya$ (@Suriya_bvb_FCB) [March 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/Suriya_bvb_FCB/status/1499967071089676291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

What’s more impressive about the Mediatek Dimensity 8100 is that it draws far less power when compared to the Snapdragon 888 and almost 40% less power than a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. So, even if with that efficiency the Dimensity 8100 could reach Qualcomm’s new-age flagship-level performance despite being cost-effective then it’s a game-changing SoC by MediaTek undoubtedly.

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