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MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 820
Rank 2 - 73 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 820
Rank 2 - 83 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
820
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
552
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
2,512
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,022
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
646
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
504
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
2,432
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,165
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Dimensity 820
ARM Mali-G57 MP5
576
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm Adreno 630
737
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
407,964 pts
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
361,498 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 820 (1)Qualcomm Snapdragon 845/850 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A76 / Cortex-A55Kryo 385
Technology7 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorQualcomm Snapdragon 835
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 855

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A76
2.60 GHz
4x Kryo 385 Gold
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
4x Kryo 385 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
GPU nameARM Mali-G57 MP5Qualcomm Adreno 630
GPU frequency0.90 GHz0.70 GHz
CUs / Shader5 / 80 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory4 GB8 GB
Technology7 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q1/2018

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (17.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-3733 (52.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB10 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ2/2020Q1/2018
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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MediaTek Dimensity 820
MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

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