Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs Dimensity 720

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs Dimensity 720 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 820 27
Dimensity 720 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 20
Dimensity 720 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
Dimensity 720 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 41
Dimensity 720 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 Dimensity 720
CPU 125662 94857
GPU 125708 73751
Memory 77949 64277
UX 106547 61339
Total score 435866 294224
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820

  • Dimensity 820 has 30.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (2600 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (900 vs 850 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has 48.14% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 720 (436 K vs 294 K).
  • Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 720.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 646
Dimensity 720 523

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
Dimensity 720 1707

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
Dimensity 720 98.5

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
Dimensity 720 14.3

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
Dimensity 720 31.3

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
Dimensity 720 27

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
Dimensity 720 14.9

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
Dimensity 720 2

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
Dimensity 720 510.9

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 97%

Graphics test 7 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 120Hz Full HD+ @ 90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR10+ HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

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

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 5 3
  • Shading units 80 48
  • 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 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 1x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.1
  • 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%

Mediatek Dimensity 720

CPU
20%
GPU
14%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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