Dimensity 900 Vs Dimensity 800U
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 900 vs Dimensity 800U SoCs by Mediatek. 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 900
- Dimensity 900 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (900 vs 850 MHz).
- Dimensity 900 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 800U (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 900 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 800U (6 vs 7 nm).
- Dimensity 900 has 16.32% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 800U (468 K vs 402 K).
- Dimensity 900 Support 7.79% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 800U (18.4 vs 17.07 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 125384 | 113735 |
GPU | 125188 | 104873 |
Memory | 83836 | 67803 |
UX | 133752 | 116075 |
Total score | 468160 | 402486 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 123.5 Mpixels/s | 105.3 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 20.5 images/s | 15.5 images/s |
Speech recognition | 38.3 words/s | 33.8 words/s |
Machine learning | 33.1 images/s | 28.6 images/s |
Camera shooting | 19.6 images/s | 14.4 images/s |
HTML 5 | 2.51 Mnodes/s | 2.08 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 632.6 Mnodes/s | 534.9 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
17%
Dimensity 90012%
Dimensity 800UScore: 2167
Stability | 98% | 99% |
Graphics test | 12 FPS | 9 FPS |
Score | 2167 | 1604 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 900 and Mediatek Dimensity 800UDisplay
Max On-Device Display | FHD+@120Hz | Full HD+ @ 120Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | HDR | HDR10+ |
Color Depth | - | - |
Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
63%
Dimensity 90063%
Dimensity 800U
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | - | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 6 nm | 7 nm |
Transistor count | 10 Billion | - |
TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G68 MC4 | Mali-G57 MC3 |
Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall |
GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 850 MHz |
Execution units | 4 | 3 |
Shading units | 48 | 48 |
FLOPS | - | - |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 18.4 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 2770 Mbps | Up to 2300 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | - | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | May 2021 | August 2020 |
Class | Mid range | Mid range |
Model number | MT6877 | MT6853T |
Official page | Dimensity 900 official site | Dimensity 800U official site |