Benchmarked MediaTek Dimensity 820 in upcoming Redmi Note 10 and Redmi Note 10 Pro doesn't stop for the Snapdragon 765G and snaps at the heels of the Kirin 980

The MediaTek Dimensity series is starting to look more and more like becoming a big player in the smartphone SoC world. An ARM MT6875 processor has been seen going through its paces on Geekbench 5.1, specifically as part of devices with the model names Xiaomi M2004J7AC (codename “atom”) and Xiaomi M2004J7BC (codename “bomb”). These two devices are expected to be the Redmi Note 10 and Redmi Note 10 Pro, respectively.

As for the ARM MT6875 processor, it is widely believed this will shortly be revealed as the new midrange MediaTek Dimensity 820 SoC, which has the edge over the current Dimensity 800 by having a rumored clock rate of up to 2.60 GHz. The Geekbench 5.1 records have the octa-core processor measured at a base frequency of 2.00 GHz, so perhaps more can be expected from it in future. However, the single-core scores for the "bomb" sample were generally around the mid-640s while the multi-core scores for the same model were generally between the 2,500s and 2,600s with some outliers.

These scores put the possible Dimensity 820 at a much higher performance level than the popular midrange Snapdragon 765G we have had in our tests (see table below). The scores recorded by the ARM MT6875 actually aren’t too far off the HiSilicon Kirin 980, which is an octa-core processor with a 2-core performance cluster that can reach 2.6 GHz. The Kirin 980 samples we have tested in the past have shown an advantage in the single-core results, but the multi-core results are on par with or even behind the new MediaTek processor in the Redmi Note 10 and Note 10 Pro.