78

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 820

78

Points
MediaTek Helio G37
Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs Helio G37

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs Helio G37 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
Helio G37 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 20
Helio G37 8
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
Helio G37 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 41
Helio G37 26
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 Helio G37
CPU 125662 37521
GPU 125708 27112
Memory 77949 33579
UX 106547 40621
Total score 435866 138833
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820

  • Dimensity 820 has 13.04% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G37 (2600 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has 32.35% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G37 (900 vs 680 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (2133 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has 41.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (7 vs 12 nm).
  • Dimensity 820 has 213.95% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (436 K vs 139 K).
  • Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G37.
  • Dimensity 820 Support 300.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (1200 vs 300 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 646
Helio G37 914

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
Helio G37 178

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
Helio G37

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
Helio G37

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
Helio G37

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
Helio G37

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
Helio G37

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
Helio G37

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
Helio G37

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 120Hz Full HD+ @90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 7 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 2.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 IMG PowerVR GE8320
  • Architecture Valhall Rogue
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 680 MHz
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 80 64
  • FLOPS - 56 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 1.2
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 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 No
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
  • 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 Helio G37

CPU
14%
GPU
8%
Memory
19%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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