Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Dimensity 820
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 23.08% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (3200 vs 2600 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8.89% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 820 (980 vs 900 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (4 vs 7 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 192.92% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (1,277 K vs 436 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 820.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 270867 | 125662 |
GPU | 567801 | 125708 |
Memory | 239879 | 77949 |
UX | 198202 | 106547 |
Total score | 1276749 | 435866 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 251.3 Mpixels/s | 142.3 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 46.2 images/s | 22.4 images/s |
Speech recognition | 122.9 words/s | 41.2 words/s |
Machine learning | 114.1 images/s | 31.3 images/s |
Camera shooting | 51.7 images/s | 21.3 images/s |
HTML 5 | 5.81 Mnodes/s | 2.94 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 1510 Mnodes/s | 759 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
100%
SD 8 Gen 217%
Dimensity 820Score: 12967
Stability | - | 98% |
Graphics test | 81 FPS | 13 FPS |
Score | 12967 | 2165 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Mediatek Dimensity 820Display
Max On-Device Display | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | Full HD+ @ 120Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
HDR | HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR, HDR10+ |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | - |
CPU
85%
SD 8 Gen 269%
Dimensity 820
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2600 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.3-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 740 | Mali-G57 MC5 |
Architecture | Adreno 700 | Valhall |
GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 900 MHz |
Execution units | - | 5 |
Shading units | - | 80 |
FLOPS | - | - |
Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4 x 16 Bit | 1x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | - | 17.07 Gbit/s |
Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1 x 200 MP | 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, 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 | Snapdragon X70 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | November 2022 | May 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Mid range |
Model number | SM8550-AB | MT6875 |
Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | Dimensity 820 official site |