Overview - Dimensity 8020 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8020 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoCs by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. 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 8020 35
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8020 31
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8020 79
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8020 48
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8020 Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 169130 256787
GPU 238983 272332
Memory 130727 177778
UX 148460 159966
Total score 687300 866863
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 1.15% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8020 (2630 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 8020 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8020 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 26.13% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8020 (867 K vs 687 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8020 826
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 1128

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8020 3315
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 3375

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @144 Hz, QHD+ @90 Hz WFHD+@168 Hz, WQHD+@120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10, Ultra HDR
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2630 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set - ARMv8.6-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 4 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Adreno 720
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency - -
  • Execution units 9 -
  • Shading units 144 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 12 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 570 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X63
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

CPU
35%
GPU
31%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

CPU
44%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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