MediaTek Dimensity 1200 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

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Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 1200's 704,585 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme the more powerful processor.

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Summary

Release Date

Jan, 2021
Apr, 2026

CPU

Octa core
(3 GHz, Single Core + 2.6 GHz, Tri core + 2 GHz, Quad core)
Octa core
(3.4 GHz, Single Core + 3.2 GHz, Tri core + 2.2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

6 nm
4 nm

GPU

Mali-G77 MP9
Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

704,585
2,217,003

Geekbench Score

950/3,345
1,759/7,054

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)
AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek Dimensity 1200 704,585
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 2,217,003
CPU
187,304
674,234
GPU
246,008
681,406
Memory
128,087
379,554
UX
143,186
481,809
Geekbench (The higher, the better)
The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Geekbench Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek Dimensity 1200 950
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 1,759
Geekbench Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek Dimensity 1200 3,345
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

Benchmark Screenshots

AnTuTu Score:

General

SoC Brand

MediaTek
MediaTek

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Model No

MT6893
N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC
TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core
Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A78 + 2.6 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A78 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)
Octa core (3.4 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Process Node

6 nm
4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

32 KB
N/A

L2 Cache

320 KB
3.5 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB
6 MB

GPU

GPU

Mali-G77 MP9
Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

886 MHz
1.3 GHz

Pipelines

9
8

Shading Units

32
128

Total Shaders

288
1024

FLOPS

510.3 Gigaflops
2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3
1.3

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP
3.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A
12.0

AI

NPU

MediaTek APU 3.0
MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.133 GHz
4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit
4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

34.1 Gb/s
76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

16 GB
24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1
UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP
320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS
UHD @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

FHD+
QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

N/A
144 Hz

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS
UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Name

Helio M70
N/A

5G Support

Yes
Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 4700 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 2500 Mbps
N/A

Wi-Fi Version

6
6E

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz
a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.2
5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS
BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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