Dimensity 800U Vs Dimensity 820
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 800U 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820
- Dimensity 820 has 8.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (2600 vs 2400 MHz).
- Dimensity 820 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (900 vs 850 MHz).
- Dimensity 820 has 8.29% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 800U (436 K vs 402 K ).
- Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 800U.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 113735 | 125662 |
| GPU | 104873 | 125708 |
| Memory | 67803 | 77949 |
| UX | 116075 | 106547 |
| Total score | 402486 | 435866 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 105.3 Mpixels/s | 142.3 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 15.5 images/s | 22.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 33.8 words/s | 41.2 words/s |
| Machine learning | 28.6 images/s | 31.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 14.4 images/s | 21.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.08 Mnodes/s | 2.94 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 534.9 Mnodes/s | 759 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
12%
Dimensity 800U17%
Dimensity 820Score: 2165
| Stability | 99% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 1604 | 2165 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 800U and Mediatek Dimensity 820Display
| Max On-Device Display | Full HD+ @ 120Hz | Full HD+ @ 120Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR10+ | HDR, HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
69%
Dimensity 800U75%
Dimensity 820
Frequency
| Architecture |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G57 MC3 | Mali-G57 MC5 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 5 |
| Shading units | 48 | 80 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17.07 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP | 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, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2300 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | August 2020 | May 2020 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | MT6853T | MT6875 |
| Official page | Dimensity 800U official site | Dimensity 820 official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 800U
41.25
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 820
37.75
Review By TenzysTech
