Which is the best smartphone processor, the Snapdragon 855 Plus (5G) or the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 (5G)?

5G power is the rage at the moment. Everybody wants a 5G powered device especially a 5G smartphone. The rise in the demand amongst consumers for 5G has led to almost all the manufacturers to produce smartphone processors equipped with extra power and support for 5G. Even though there are only a handful of nations in the world that have been successful in building a proper 5G network, consumers are still vying for it. Regardless of the fact that they might not be able to use the 5G feature, they are still demanding the same.

Between Mediatek and Snapdragon, it was the latter which released its 5G processor earlier than the former. There has always been a sense of competition between Mediatek and Snapdragon - with numerous users debating constantly about which one manufactured better smartphone processors. I don’t think there is a winner in this aspect overall, because some chipsets by Mediatek beats out Snapdragon processors and vice versa.

However, between the Mediatek Dimensity 1000 and Snapdragon 855+, the winner would be Dimensity 1000 because it truly is a powerful processor and has the capability to outperform its Snapdragon counterpart. Snapdragon 855 + was released in 2019 while Dimensity 1000 was released in 2020. Numerous devices have already been lined up for release this year integrated with the Mediatek processor.

CPU and GPU :-

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 - CPU - 4X Arm-Cortex A-77 and 4x Arm -Cortex A-55

GPU - Arm Mali G77 MC9. Processing powerhouse capable of operating up to 2.5 GHz with the four power efficient cores.

Snapdragon 855 Plus has a max CPU clock speed which reaches 2.96GHz. The GPU is Adreno 640.

We can see in this regard only that Dimensity 1000 is better than Snapdragon 855+ because the Mediatek processor is clocked at 4 x 2.6GHz & 4 x 2GHz, while the Snapdragon processor is clocked at 1 x 2.96 & 3 x 2.42 & 4 x 1.8GHz. Dimensity 1000 has a 5.63% more clock speed resulting in better efficiency and speed than its counterpart.

RAM :-

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 - this processor can have upto 16 GB of LPDDR4X RAM in a dual-channel manner with a max frequency of 2133 MHz.

Snapdragon 855+ also has the same RAM speed of 2133 Mhz.

In this aspect both the chipsets are at par with each other.

Camera :-

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 - Built for Imaging and the Biggest mega-pixels that includes 80 MP camera support as well. Incorporates the world’s first 5 core ISP. Multi-Exposure HDR Video including 4k recording abilities.

Snapdragon 855+ has camera support of upto 190 MP which is definitely impressie.

In this aspect, the Snapdragon processor has a clear and considerable edge.

AnTuTu Scores :-

Mediatek Dimensity 1000 scored 530000 points in AnTuTu while Snapdragon 855+ scored 497179 points. This shows the true power of the Dimensity processor.

Difference between the Snapdragon 855+ and Mediatek Dimensity 1000

There is a singular difference between the Mediatek Dimensity 1000 and the SD 855+ and it is that the Dimensity 1000 comes with an integrated 5G modem but the Snapdragon 855+ does not come with an integrated 5G modem. This is a flaw in the Snapdragon 855+ chipset despite its power packed performance throughout because this would lead to the processor taking more hardware space in the integrated smartphone.

Overall, it can be observed that the Dimensity 1000 is a better chipset processor compared to the Snapdragon 855 plus.