MediaTek Dimensity 7300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2500MHz MediaTek Dimensity 7300 vs. 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 7300 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2500MHz vs 2342MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 7 years and 10 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 7300
+218%
741703
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
AnTuTu 9
CPU
4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2500 MHz
Frequency
2342 MHz
8
Cores
4
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
-
L2 cache
1 MB
-
-
-
4 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU name
Adreno 530
-
GPU frequency
653 MHz
6
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
256
16
Max size
8
-
FLOPS
0.3343 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
MediaTek APU 655
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
UFS 3.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
X12
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
Yes
5G support
No
-
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.4
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Jun 2024
Announced
Aug 2016
Mid range
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
