Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz MediaTek Dimensity 7020 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.3343 TFLOPS vs 0.2592 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2342MHz vs 2200MHz)
MediaTek Dimensity 7020 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (4W vs 11W)
Released 6 years and 9 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
+102%
471522
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
+28%
0.334 TFLOPS
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
0.259 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2342 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
4
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1 MB
L2 cache
-
-
-
-
14 nm
Process
6 nm
2
Transistor count
10
11 W
TDP
4 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 530
GPU name
IMG BXM-8-256
653 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1
Execution units
8
256
Shading units
18
8
Max size
16
0.3343 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2592 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
X12
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2770 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1250 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.1
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Aug 2016
Announced
May 2023
Flagship
Class
Mid range
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Model number
-
