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MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

MediaTek Dimensity 820

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The Mediatek Dimensity 820 is a fast mid-range SoC with an integrated 5G modem. It includes four fast ARM Cortex-A76 cores at up to 2.6 GHz and four power efficient Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2 GHz (Octa-Core with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing). Furthermore, the chip integrates a 5 core ARM Mali-G57 MC5 GPU, a Wi-fi 5 modem, a LPDDR4x memory controller, a AI processing unit (APU 3.0) and video de- and encoding. The Dimensity 820 is manufactured in the modern 7nm process and should be very power efficient.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB is a high clocked dual-core ARM based SoC for smartphones. It integrates two Krait 300 CPU cores clocked at max. 1.7 GHz (the MSM8930 offers only Krait 200 cores at 1.2 GHz) and an Adreno 305 GPU. The whole chip is produced in 28nm LP at TSMC.

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ModelMediaTek Dimensity 820Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB
CodenameCortex-A76 / A55ARMv7
Clock2000 - 2600 MHz1700 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Technology7 nm28 nm
Features4x ARM Cortex-A76 (2.6 GHz), 4x ARM Cortex-A55 (2 GHz), ARM Mali-G57 MC5, APU 3.0, 5G Modem (2CC), MiraVision (4K HDR Video, 80MP Photo), Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.1, UFS 2.2, 16GB LPDDR4x SupportHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUARM Mali-G57 MP5Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.com
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB « 1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 compare1 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Dimensity 820
1 pt (74%)
Mediatek MT8766B
0.1631 -83%
...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
0.685 -29%
HiSilicon Kirin 810
0.688 -28%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
0.721 -25%
MediaTek Dimensity 800
0.768 -20%
Samsung Exynos 9820
0.81 -16%
HiSilicon Kirin 820
0.872 -9%
HiSilicon Kirin 980
0.917 -4%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ / 855 Plus
0.953 -1%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
0.955 -1%
MediaTek Dimensity 820
0.96
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
0.964 0%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
0.972 1%
MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
0.99 3%
Samsung Exynos 990
0.999 4%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
1.035 8%
HiSilicon Kirin 990
1.067 11%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
1.074 12%
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
1.102 15%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
1.142 19%
...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G
1.3 35%
0%
100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5181     avg: 6302     median: 6860 (6%)     max: 6864 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5397     avg: 6193     median: 6192.5 (5%)     max: 6988 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
32166 Points (27%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
3969 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
4169 Points (48%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
652 Points (25%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
2678 Points (5%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3022 Points (30%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
10658 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
1536 Points (12%)
min: 593     avg: 680     median: 716 (6%)     max: 731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1889 Points (17%)
min: 1527     avg: 1894     median: 2034 (18%)     max: 2121 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
13894 Points (27%)
min: 244     avg: 1983     median: 2853 (6%)     max: 2853 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
6935 Points (14%)
min: 898     avg: 1113     median: 1211 (2%)     max: 1229 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
7836 Points (21%)
min: 1394     avg: 1740     median: 1907 (5%)     max: 1919 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 241.6     avg: 296     median: 298.5 (10%)     max: 347.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 153.8     avg: 172.7     median: 171.1 (17%)     max: 193.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
3032 ms (4%)
34416 ms (40%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 701     avg: 1047     median: 1117.5 (12%)     max: 1252 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 723     avg: 955     median: 954.5 (9%)     max: 1186 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
18974 Points (14%)
0 Points (0%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
65 Points (12%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
6958 points (16%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 4032     avg: 5115     median: 5644 (37%)     max: 5669 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
79672 Points (67%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
68754 Points (55%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
123943 Points (23%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
129050 Points (47%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
401419 Points (39%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 186     avg: 266     median: 266 (8%)     max: 346 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 4389     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (16%)     max: 5254 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 4329     avg: 6192     median: 7051 (1%)     max: 7195 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
10459 Points (55%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
25698 Points (55%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
11263 Points (74%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
16302 Points (82%)

Average Benchmarks MediaTek Dimensity 820 → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB → 32% n=7

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)