MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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MediaTek Dimensity 900 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2400MHz MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs. 8 cores 3200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Dimensity 900 Advantages

More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 7nm)

Lower TDP (4W vs 6W)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.3721 TFLOPS vs 0.621 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (44GB/s vs 18.4GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3200MHz vs 2400MHz)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

MediaTek Dimensity 900

516049

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 +57%

810488

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 900

898

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 +28%

1151

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 900

2240

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 +48%

3336

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Dimensity 900

621

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 +120%

1372

MediaTek Dimensity 900

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

CPU

2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)

2400 MHz

Frequency

3200 MHz

8

Cores

8

-

L2 cache

1 MB

0

L3 cache

0

6 nm

Process

7 nm

10

Transistor count

10.3

4 W

TDP

6 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G68 MP4

GPU name

Adreno 650

900 MHz

GPU frequency

670 MHz

4

Execution units

2

48

Shading units

512

16

Max size

16

0.621 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.3721 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.1

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

12.1

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR5

3200 MHz

Memory frequency

2750 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

18.4 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

44 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Hexagon 698

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 698

UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1

Storage type

UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 108MP, 2x 20MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X55

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 22

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 2770 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 1250 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.2

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

May 2021

Announced

Jan 2021

Mid range

Class

Flagship

MT6877

Model number

SM8250-AC

MediaTek Dimensity 900

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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