Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2150MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs. 8 cores 2850MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8100 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.309 TFLOPS vs 0.3194 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2850MHz vs 2150MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (6W vs 11W)
Released 6 years and 4 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
260148
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+230%
860129
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
323
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+254%
1145
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
827
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+339%
3633
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
319
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+310%
1309
CPU
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Architecture
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2150 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz
4
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
1 MB
L2 cache
-
-
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
5 nm
2
Transistor count
-
11 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 530
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
624 MHz
GPU frequency
860 MHz
1
Execution units
6
256
Shading units
-
8
Max size
16
0.3194 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.309 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
X12
Modem
MediaTek UltraSave 2.0
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4700 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.1
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Nov 2015
Announced
Mar 2022
Flagship
Class
Flagship
MSM8996
Model number
MT6895Z/TCZA
