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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
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 0.41% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (17.07 vs 17 MHz).
- 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
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 125662 | 81894 |
| GPU | 125708 | 39122 |
| Memory | 77949 | 77991 |
| UX | 106547 | 71216 |
| Total score | 435866 | 270223 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 142.3 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 22.4 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 41.2 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 31.3 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 21.3 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 2.94 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 759 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
17%
Dimensity 8200%
SD 685Score: 2165
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Score | 2165 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 820 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685Display
| 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 | - | - |
CPU
69%
Dimensity 82074%
SD 685
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| 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 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2600 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 10 W | - |
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 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17.07 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | X11 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 4700 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | May 2020 | March 2023 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | MT6875 | SM6225-AD |
| Official page | Dimensity 820 official site | Snapdragon 685 official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 820
36.75
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
26.75
Review By TenzysTech
