Dimensity 920 Vs Snapdragon 860
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 920 vs Snapdragon 860 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.
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 920
- Dimensity 920 has 40.74% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (950 vs 675 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (6 vs 7 nm).
- Dimensity 920 has 7.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (498 K vs 464 K).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- Snapdragon 860 has 18.4% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 (2960 vs 2500 MHz).
- Snapdragon 860 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 139277 | 143028 |
| GPU | 128453 | 179320 |
| Memory | 96272 | 69420 |
| UX | 134315 | 72190 |
| Total score | 498317 | 463958 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 142.85 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 20.3 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 44.55 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 46.35 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 22.85 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 1.65 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 777.9 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
15%
Mediatek 92027%
SD 860Score: 3455
| Stability | 99% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Score | 2003 | 3455 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 920 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120Hz | FHD+ @ 120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | QHD @ 60Hz |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR10 | HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
66%
Mediatek 92078%
SD 860
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2500 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 6 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | 12 Billion | - |
| TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MC4 | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | 2 |
| Shading units | 64 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 684 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
| 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 | 4 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 3.0 | Hexagon 690 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2770 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced Date | August 2021 | April 2019 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6877T | SM8150-AC |
| Official page | Dimensity 920 official site | Snapdragon 860 official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 920
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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