Overview - Dimensity 930 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 930 vs Snapdragon 685 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 930 29
Snapdragon 685 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 930 22
Snapdragon 685 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 930 79
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 930 43
Snapdragon 685 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 930 Snapdragon 685
CPU 137539 81894
GPU 130844 39122
Memory 97521 77991
UX 140904 71216
Total score 506808 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 930

  • Dimensity 930 has 87.55% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (507 K vs 270 K).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 27.27% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 930 (2800 vs 2200 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

icon
Dimensity 930 780
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

icon
Dimensity 930 2469
Snapdragon 685 1609

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name IMG BXM-8-256 Adreno 610
  • Architecture PowerVR B-Series Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency - -
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 96
  • 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 - 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE. Cat.24 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 930

CPU
29%
GPU
22%
Memory
0%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
Choose between two processors

Cast your vote