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Mediatek Dimensity 820

Dimensity 820

34

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 685
Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 685 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 820 22
Snapdragon 685 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 16
Snapdragon 685 9
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 38
Snapdragon 685 34
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 Snapdragon 685
CPU 125662 81894
GPU 125708 39122
Memory 77949 77991
UX 106547 71216
Total score 435866 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820

  • Dimensity 820 has 61.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (436 K vs 270 K).
  • Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
  • Dimensity 820 Support 207.69% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (1200 vs 390 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 7.69% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (2800 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (6 vs 7 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 646
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
Snapdragon 685 1609

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
Snapdragon 685

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
Snapdragon 685

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
Snapdragon 685

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
Snapdragon 685

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
Snapdragon 685

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
Snapdragon 685

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
Snapdragon 685

3DMark

11%
Dimensity 820
Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
N/A
Snapdragon 685
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 120Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

47%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
     4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 7 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz -
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 80 96
  • 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 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 Hexagon 686
  • 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 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed 211 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
14%
GPU
9%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 685 with a 7.69% higher clock speed (2800 MHz vs 2600 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 685 with a 14.29% smaller transistor size (6 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Dimensity 820 with a 61.30% better score (435866 vs 270223).

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