Overview - Snapdragon 685 Vs Dimensity 7020

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 685 vs Dimensity 7020 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 685 17
Dimensity 7020 30
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 685 11
Dimensity 7020 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 685 79
Dimensity 7020 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 685 36
Dimensity 7020 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 685 Dimensity 7020
CPU 81894 152839
GPU 39122 81155
Memory 77991 118550
UX 71216 124104
Total score 270223 476648
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 27.27% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 7020 (2800 vs 2200 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 7020

  • Dimensity 7020 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 7020 has 76.39% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (477 K vs 270 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 377
Dimensity 7020 897

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 685 1609
Dimensity 7020 2282

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
    2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • 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 Adreno 610 IMG BXM-8-256
  • Architecture Adreno 600 PowerVR IMG GPU
  • GPU frequency - 900 MHz
  • Execution units 2 8
  • Shading units 96 18
  • FLOPS - 259.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

MediaTek Dimensity 7020

CPU
30%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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