MediaTek Dimensity 6300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2400MHz MediaTek Dimensity 6300 vs. 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 6300 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2400MHz vs 2342MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Released 7 years and 8 months late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (29.8GB/s vs 17.07GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 6300
+92%
447617
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2400 MHz
Frequency
2342 MHz
8
Cores
4
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
-
L2 cache
1 MB
-
-
-
6 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Mali-G57 MP2
GPU name
Adreno 530
-
GPU frequency
653 MHz
2
Execution units
1
64
Shading units
256
12
Max size
8
-
FLOPS
0.3343 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
17.07 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
Yes
NPU
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
UFS 2.2
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
2K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
-
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
X12
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 3300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
5.2
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Apr 2024
Announced
Aug 2016
Mid range
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
