Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 flagship a 7nm 5G Best Mobile Processor in 2020 against a Midrange Mediatek Dimesity 820 that is also 7nm and Support 5G. MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 865, there is no comparison between them but after looking at Mediatek Dimensity 820 Specification. We find something interesting, so we will compare both and find out How Dimensity stands against the beast.
MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 865 both have octa-core CPU but different alinement of cores. MediaTek Dimensity 820 has 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 High-performance Core and 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 low cores. Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 has a More powerful single high-performance core1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77), 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55).
Dimensity has better graphic frequency 650MHz in Mali-G57 MC5 compare to 587Mhz in Adreno 587.
Snapdragon 865 vs Dimensity 820 Antutu score has a big difference because of 865 High-performance COretext A-77 Core. Mediatek Dimensity 820 Antutu Score is 410862. Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Antutu score is 541225.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Geekbench 5 Score is for (Single-Core) – 934 and Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) – 3464. Mediatek Dimensity 820 Geekbench score is Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) – 655 and Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) – 1933.
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 820
Both of them support 5G, but Snapdragon 865 has better 5G support.
Snapdragon 865
Snapdragon 865 has present in flagship smartphones above the $500 budget. But new dimensity 820 will be going to support midrange smartphone like Redmi 10x 5G series.
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Mediatek Dimensity 820 SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 865 Specification |
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Brand | Mediatek Qualcomm |
Category | Processor Processor |
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Production Process | 7nm 7nm |
CPU Configuration |
ARMv8.3-A, Octa-Core (Arm Cortex-A76 4x 2.6 GHz – and 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55)
1x Kryo 585 (Cortex A77) @ 2.84GHz3x Kryo 585 (Cortex A77) @ 2.4GHz4x Kryo 385 (Cortex A55) @ 1.8GHz |
GPU Name | Mali-G57 MC5 ( 650 MHz ) MediaTek HyperEngine 2.0 Adreno 650 |
RAM Support | LPDDR4X Upto 16GB( 2133 MHz ) [email protected] 2750MHz |
APU / NPU / AI Proc. / Neural IP | MediaTek APU 3.0 (AI Processing Unit) Hexagon 69815 TOPS AI |
Display Support |
2520 x 1080 and 120Hz Refresh Rate Up to 4K, 10-bit color depth144 Hz refresh rate support |
Audio Playback | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC Audio Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant Accelerator, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec up to WCD9385, Qualcomm Aqstic™ smart speaker amplifier up to WSA8815, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology |
ISP |
1x 80MP, 2x 32MP HDR-ISP (3+1) / Video HDR / Video NR / Video Bokeh / Video EIS / AI-Shutter / AI-AE / AI-AF / AI-AWB / AI-NR HDR / AI-HDR / AI-FD 200MP snapshots / 64MP single / 64MP and 64MP dual |
Video capture |
4K at 30FPS
8K @ 30fps4K UHD @ 120fps720p @ 960fps |
Cellular Technology |
2G / 3G / 4G / 5G Multi-Mode, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), 5G Carrier Aggregation (CA), CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, 4G FDD / TDD, 5G FDD / TDD, GSM, TD-SCDMA, WDCDMA |
5G Network |
SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD Band, NR FDD Band, DSS, NR DL 2CC, 100 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback 5G Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 Modem-RF System 5G Spectrum: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), mmWave, sub-6 GHz 5G mmWave specs: 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO 5G sub-6 GHz specs: 200 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO 5G Peak Download Speed: 7.5 Gbps Multi-SIM features: Global 5G multi-SIM Performance Enhancement Technologies: Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave, Qualcomm® Smart Transmit™ technology, Qualcomm® Wideband Envelope Tracking, Qualcomm Signal Boost adaptive antenna tuning 5G Peak Upload Speed: 3 Gbps |
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WiFi-6 ready | |
Wifi Modem |
Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi Antenna: 2T2R Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6-ready), 802.11ad, 802.11ay, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 6 technology features: MU-MIMO (Uplink and Downlink), 8x8 sounding, OFDMA (Uplink and Downlink), 1024 QAM, Dual-band simultaneous (DBS), WPA3 security support, Target Wake Time Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 60 GHz Peak Speed: 10 Gbps Qualcomm® 60 GHz Wi-Fi technology features: Always-on Wi-Fi sensing, Wire-equivalent latency |
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo Satellite Systems Support: Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, Dual frequency GNSS, NavIC enabled, GPS, GNSS, QZSS, SBAS |
Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. | 5.1 Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 5.1, Bluetooth Audio: Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive Audio, Qualcomm aptX Voice audio for super wide band voice calls, Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Stereo |
USB | USB Version: USB 3.1, USB-C USB Version: USB 3.1, USB-C |
AnTuTu benchmark scores | 410862 593769 |
Geekbench scores |
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) - 655 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) - 1933 919 points for single-core and 3388 points for multi-core |
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