78

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 820

78

Points
Google Tensor
Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs Tensor

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs Tensor SoCs by Mediatek and Google 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 820 27
Tensor 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 20
Tensor 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
Tensor 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 41
Tensor 51
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 Tensor
CPU 125662 181161
GPU 125708 294446
Memory 77949 103174
UX 106547 145388
Total score 435866 724169
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820

  • Dimensity 820 has 6.13% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor (900 vs 848 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Tensor.

Pros of Google Tensor

  • Tensor has 7.69% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (2800 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Tensor has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Tensor has 66.14% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (724 K vs 436 K ).
  • Tensor 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
Tensor 1026

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
Tensor 2879

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
Tensor

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
Tensor

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
Tensor

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
Tensor

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
Tensor

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
Tensor

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
Tensor

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 56%

Graphics test 37 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 120Hz 4k, FHD+ @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR10+ HDR
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 3 MB
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 7 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5.6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Mali-G78 MP20
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 848 MHz
  • Execution units 5 20
  • Shading units 80 320
  • 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 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 12 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 Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 200MP, 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, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 820

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

Google Tensor

CPU
36%
GPU
34%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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