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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 – specs and benchmarks

Dimensity 820 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Dimensity 820
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Dimensity 820
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 8 Gen 3
91
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820
20
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
96
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820
75
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820
41
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
91

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820
  • Dimensity 820 has 16.88% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (900 vs 770 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 26.92% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (3300 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 125.04% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (4800 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 383.94% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (2,109 K vs 436 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 820.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 351.08% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (77 vs 17.07 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Dimensity 820
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820
435866
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +376%
2109320
CPU 125662 495720
GPU 125708 914123
Memory 77949 361002
UX 106547 338475
Total score 435866 2109320

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Dimensity 820
646
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +261%
2329
Multi-Core Score
Dimensity 820
2599
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +190%
7526
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 8 Gen 3
Score: 2165

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

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 820 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Display

Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 120Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
HDR HDR, HDR10+ HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+
Color Depth - 10-bit
Color Gamut - Rec. 2020

  CPU

69%
Dimensity 820
87%
sd 8 Gen 3
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 2260 MHz
Turbo Frequency 2600 MHz 3300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache - 12 MB
Process 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Adreno 750
Architecture Valhall Adreno 700
GPU frequency 900 MHz 770 MHz
Execution units 5 -
Shading units 80 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12 -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 1x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Hexagon
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
1200
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
N/A
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
4700
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
211
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
N/A
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 820
2500
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
3500
Modem - Snapdragon X75
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 4700 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Bluetooth 5.1 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date May 2020 October 2023
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6875 SM8650-AB
Official page Dimensity 820 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 8 Gen 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU
91%
GPU
96%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

68.25


Review By TenzysTech

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