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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 870 vs Dimensity 900 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 870 Vs Dimensity 900

Snapdragon 870
VS
Dimensity 900
Snapdragon 870
Dimensity 900
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Dimensity 900 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870
67
Dimensity 900
44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870
57
Dimensity 900
45
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870
75
Dimensity 900
79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870
66
Dimensity 900
56

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 37.58% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 900 (644 K vs 468 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 139.13% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 900 (44 vs 18.4 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 900 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 900
  • Dimensity 900 has 39.53% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (900 vs 645 MHz).
  • Dimensity 900 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 900 has -14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Dimensity 900

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 +39%
644114
Dimensity 900
468160
CPU 179347 125384
GPU 270188 125188
Memory 98761 83836
UX 95818 133752
Total score 644114 468160

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +47%
1038
Dimensity 900
706
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +67%
3569
Dimensity 900
2137
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s 123.5 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25.25 images/s 20.5 images/s
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s 38.3 words/s
Machine learning 56.95 images/s 33.1 images/s
Camera shooting 28 images/s 19.6 images/s
HTML 5 - 2.51 Mnodes/s
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s 632.6 Mnodes/s

3DMark

33%
SD 870
17%
Dimensity 900
Score: 4258

Stability 90% 98%
Graphics test 25 FPS 12 FPS
Score 4258 2167

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Mediatek Dimensity 900

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz [email protected]
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR
Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
Color Gamut Rec2020 -

  CPU

92%
SD 870
69%
Dimensity 900
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 6
Transistor count - 10 Billion
TDP 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Mali-G68 MC4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 645 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 2 4
Shading units 512 48
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 18.4 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
2500
Dimensity 900
1200
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
7500
Dimensity 900
2770
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
316
Dimensity 900
211
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
3000
Dimensity 900
N/A
Modem X55 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date January 2021 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC MT6877
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Dimensity 900 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
65%
GPU
57%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

57.75


Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 900
Mediatek Dimensity 900
CPU
44%
GPU
45%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

42


Review By TenzysTech

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