Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Vs Dimensity 720
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 vs Dimensity 720 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 7 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 20.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (2400 vs 2000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 720 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 720 (4 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 90.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 720 (561 K vs 294 K).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 720.
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Support 49.97% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 720 (25.6 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 720
- Dimensity 720 has 41.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (850 vs 600 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 177123 | 94857 |
GPU | 162367 | 73751 |
Memory | 101455 | 64277 |
UX | 120496 | 61339 |
Total score | 561441 | 294224 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | - | 98.5 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | - | 14.3 images/s |
Speech recognition | - | 31.3 words/s |
Machine learning | - | 27 images/s |
Camera shooting | - | 14.9 images/s |
HTML 5 | - | 2 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | - | 510.9 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
24%
SD 7 Gen 19%
Dimensity 720Score: 3089
Stability | 99% | 97% |
Graphics test | 17 FPS | 7 FPS |
Score | 3089 | 1219 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Mediatek Dimensity 720Display
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 144 Hz | Full HD+ @ 90 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 3360 x 1600 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | QHD @ 60 Hz | - |
HDR | HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR10, HDR10+ |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | - |
CPU
69%
SD 7 Gen 158%
Dimensity 720
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | 3 MB | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | 5 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 662 | Mali-G57 MC3 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall |
GPU frequency | 600 MHz | 850 MHz |
Execution units | - | 3 |
Shading units | 384 | 48 |
FLOPS | - | - |
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 | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 3360 x 1600 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, 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 | X62 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 4400 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | - | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | May 2022 | July 2020 |
Class | Mid range | Mid range |
Model number | SM7450-AB | MT6853V |
Official page | Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 official site | Dimensity 720 official site |