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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs MediaTek Dimensity 720
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 720
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 720
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 720
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 720
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
100 %
Qualcomm Adreno 530
ARM Mali-G57 MP3
More benchmarks
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) | Mediatek Dimensity (38) |
| CPU group | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3) | MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 (4) |
| Architecture | Kryo | Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Kryo 2.40 GHz |
2x Cortex-A76 2.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 2x Kryo 1.60 GHz |
6x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Qualcomm Adreno 530 | ARM Mali-G57 MP3 |
| GPU frequency | 0.62 - 0.62 GHz | 0.85 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | / 256 | 3 / 48 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 0 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2015 | Q2/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon 680 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3733 (14.9 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | ||
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | MediaTek Dimensity 720 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2016 | Q3/2020 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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