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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek's 2021 flagship attempt: a 3.0 GHz Cortex-A78 prime core and Mali-G77 MC9 on 6nm, powering the OnePlus Nord 2 and Realme GT Neo. It proved MediaTek could play in the upper tier - right before the 9000 proved it could win.
Pros
- Genuine flagship-adjacent CPU for its day
- Mali-G77 MC9 gamed well
- Strong value phones built on it
Cons
- 6nm against rivals' 5nm
- No mmWave, modest ISP by flagship standards
- Quickly eclipsed by Dimensity 9000
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Dimensity 1200
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Process
- 6 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 7 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x3.0 GHz Cortex-A78 + 3x2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 3 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G77 MC9
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-2133
- Max bandwidth
- 17.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G (sub-6)
- Max download
- 4.7 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 168Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,030Bottom 50%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,900Bottom 50%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 1,292Top 38%
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 good in 2026?
The MediaTek Dimensity 1200 earns an Inno Score of 35.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. MediaTek's 2021 flagship attempt: a 3.0 GHz Cortex-A78 prime core and Mali-G77 MC9 on 6nm, powering the OnePlus Nord 2 and Realme GT Neo. It proved MediaTek could play in the upper tier - right before the 9000 proved it could win.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Dimensity 1200?
Cores: 8 · Process: 6 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G77 MC9
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Dimensity 1200?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Samsung Exynos 1330, Apple A13 Bionic, Huawei Kirin 990 5G — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
