Overview - Dimensity 900 Vs Dimensity 820

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 900 vs Dimensity 820 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 900 25
Dimensity 820 27
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 900 19
Dimensity 820 20
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 900 79
Dimensity 820 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 900 41
Dimensity 820 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 900 Dimensity 820
CPU 125384 125662
GPU 125188 125708
Memory 83836 77949
UX 133752 106547
Total score 468160 435866
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 900

  • Dimensity 900 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 900 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 900 has 7.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (468 K vs 436 K).
  • Dimensity 900 Support 7.79% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (18.4 vs 17.07 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820

  • Dimensity 820 has 8.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (2600 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 820 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 900 706
Dimensity 820 646

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 900 2137
Dimensity 820 2599

Image compression

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Dimensity 900 123.5
Dimensity 820 142.3

Face detection

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Dimensity 900 20.5
Dimensity 820 22.4

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 900 38.3
Dimensity 820 41.2

Machine learning

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Dimensity 900 33.1
Dimensity 820 31.3

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 900 19.6
Dimensity 820 21.3

HTML 5

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Dimensity 900 2.51
Dimensity 820 2.94

SQLite

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Dimensity 900 632.6
Dimensity 820 759

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 12 FPS
Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+@120Hz Full HD+ @ 120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR HDR, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.3-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count 10 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G57 MC5
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 900 MHz
  • Execution units 4 5
  • Shading units 48 80
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 18.4 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 1x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 3.0
  • 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 80MP, 2x 32MP
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 900

CPU
25%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Dimensity 820

CPU
27%
GPU
20%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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