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38

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 820

Dimensity 820

83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro
Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs A17 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs A17 Pro SoCs by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 820 22
A17 Pro 78
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 16
A17 Pro 82
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
A17 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 38
A17 Pro 83
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 A17 Pro
CPU 125662 399992
GPU 125708 620081
Memory 77949 265579
UX 106547 346005
Total score 435866 1631657
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 45.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (3780 vs 2600 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 55.33% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (1398 vs 900 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 57.14% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (3 vs 7 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 274.35% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (1,632 K vs 436 K ).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 820.
  • A17 Pro Support 199.94% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (51.2 vs 17.07 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 646
A17 Pro 2999

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
A17 Pro 7779

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
A17 Pro

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
A17 Pro

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
A17 Pro

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
A17 Pro

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
A17 Pro

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
A17 Pro

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
A17 Pro

3DMark

11%
Dimensity 820
Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
     2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - 256 KB
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 7 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - 19 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Apple A17 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall Apple GPU
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 5 6
  • Shading units 80 128
  • FLOPS - 2147.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 1x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 211 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 820

Mediatek Dimensity 820
CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Apple A17 Pro

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Dimensity 820 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 45.38% higher clock speed (3780 MHz vs 2600 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Dimensity 820 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 55.33% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 900 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Dimensity 820 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 50.02% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Dimensity 820 and A17 Pro?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A17 Pro with a 57.14% smaller transistor size (3 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Dimensity 820 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A17 Pro with a 274.35% better score (1631657 vs 435866).