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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 685 – specs and benchmarks

Dimensity 820 Vs Snapdragon 685

Dimensity 820
VS
Snapdragon 685
Dimensity 820
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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 820
27
Snapdragon 685
17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820
20
Snapdragon 685
11
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820
75
Snapdragon 685
79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820
41
Snapdragon 685
36

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 benchmarks
SoC:
Dimensity 820
vs
Snapdragon 685

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 +62%
435866
Snapdragon 685
270223
CPU 125662 81894
GPU 125708 39122
Memory 77949 77991
UX 106547 71216
Total score 435866 270223

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Dimensity 820 +71%
646
Snapdragon 685
377
Multi-Core Score
Dimensity 820 +62%
2599
Snapdragon 685
1609
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 820
0%
SD 685
Score: 2165

Stability 98% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Score 2165 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 820 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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 - -

  CPU

69%
Dimensity 820
74%
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)
Dimensity 820
1200
Snapdragon 685
390
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
4700
Snapdragon 685
N/A
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
211
Snapdragon 685
150
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
2500
Snapdragon 685
N/A
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
Mediatek Dimensity 820
CPU
27%
GPU
20%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

36.75


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

26.75


Review By TenzysTech

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