MediaTek Dimensity 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2600MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8020 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 8020 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.9792 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2600MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (4W vs 11W)

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 +225%

758585

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 +187%

1124

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

391

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 +365%

3709

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

797

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 +193%

979

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

334

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

2600 MHz

Frequency

2342 MHz

8

Cores

4

320 KB

L2 cache

1 MB

0

L3 cache

-

6 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

4 W

TDP

11 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G77 MP9

GPU name

Adreno 530

850 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

9

Execution units

1

64

Shading units

256

16

Max size

8

0.9792 TFLOPS

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

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

34.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

AI

MediaTek APU 570

NPU

Hexagon 680

Multimedia (ISP)

MediaTek APU 570

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 3.1

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 108MP

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 60FPS

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

LTE Cat. 21

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 4700 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

Up to 2500 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Apr 2023

Announced

Aug 2016

Mid range

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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