Snapdragon 870 Vs 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.
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 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 than Dimensity 900 (44 vs 18.4 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth than 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 nm).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 179347 | 125384 |
GPU | 270188 | 125188 |
Memory | 98761 | 83836 |
UX | 95818 | 133752 |
Total score | 644114 | 468160 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
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 87017%
Dimensity 900Score: 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 900Display
Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | FHD+@120Hz |
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 87069%
Dimensity 900
Processor Speed (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 nm | 6 nm |
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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
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 |