Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 vs Snapdragon 8s 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 820 22
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 58
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 16
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 50
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 38
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 65
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 125662 374214
GPU 125708 516258
Memory 77949 344248
UX 106547 259884
Total score 435866 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 15.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (3000 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 22.22% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (1100 vs 900 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 242.90% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (1,495 K vs 436 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 820.
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 274.93% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (64 vs 17.07 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 646
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 8 MB
  • Process 7 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 80 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 1x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps 6500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 211 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.4
  • 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

CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

CPU
58%
GPU
50%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 15.38% higher clock speed (3000 MHz vs 2600 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 22.22% higher GPU clock speed (1100 MHz vs 900 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 96.91% higher memory frequency (4200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 42.86% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Dimensity 820 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 242.90% better score (1494604 vs 435866).