Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Dimensity 820

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Dimensity 820 SoCs by Mediatek. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 1200 36
Dimensity 820 27
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Dimensity 820 20
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Dimensity 820 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Dimensity 820 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Dimensity 820
CPU 170589 125662
GPU 233643 125708
Memory 118786 77949
UX 145445 106547
Total score 668463 435866
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 15.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (3000 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 53.36% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (668 K vs 436 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (1600 vs 1200 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820

  • Dimensity 820 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (900 vs 850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Dimensity 820 646

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Dimensity 820 2599

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Dimensity 820 142.3

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Dimensity 820 22.4

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Dimensity 820 41.2

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Dimensity 820 31.3

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Dimensity 820 21.3

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Dimensity 820 2.94

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Dimensity 820 759

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz Full HD+ @ 120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR, HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
  • L1 cache 32 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.32 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 6 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali-G57 MC5
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 900 MHz
  • Execution units 9 5
  • Shading units 144 80
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 1x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 3.0
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1200

CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Dimensity 820

CPU
27%
GPU
20%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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