Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Vs Dimensity 820
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 820 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (6 vs 7 nm).
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 820
- Dimensity 820 has 30% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2600 vs 2000 MHz).
- Dimensity 820 has 12.31% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (436 K vs 388 K ).
- Dimensity 820 Support 0.41% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (17.07 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 114597 | 125662 |
| GPU | 93082 | 125708 |
| Memory | 68776 | 77949 |
| UX | 111637 | 106547 |
| Total score | 388092 | 435866 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 142.3 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 22.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 41.2 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 31.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 21.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.94 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 759 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
8%
SD 4 Gen 117%
Dimensity 820Score: 2165
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 1034 | 2165 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and Mediatek Dimensity 820Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz | Full HD+ @ 120Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | HDR, HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
53%
SD 4 Gen 169%
Dimensity 820
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | - | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 6 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619 | Mali-G57 MC5 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | 5 |
| Shading units | - | 80 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | 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 | Snapdragon X51 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2022 | May 2020 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SM4375 | MT6875 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site | Dimensity 820 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
35.5
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 820
30.5
Review By TenzysTech
