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MediaTek Dimensity 720 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 653

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 720
Rank 2 - 53 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 720
Rank 2 - 63 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
599
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
279
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,441
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
866
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
287
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,569
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
1,026
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Dimensity 720
ARM Mali-G57 MP3
326
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Adreno 510
154

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 (4)Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3)
ArchitectureCortex-A76 / Cortex-A55Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Technology7 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A76
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
1.95 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
1.44 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
GPU nameARM Mali-G57 MP3Qualcomm Adreno 510
GPU frequency0.85 GHz0.60 - 0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader3 / 48 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays20
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology7 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q4/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2020Q4/2016
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 720
MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz

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MediaTek Dimensity 720
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