MediaTek Dimensity 1000L vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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MediaTek Dimensity 1000L

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz MediaTek Dimensity 1000L 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 1000L Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.8006 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (29.87GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (10W vs 11W)

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Advantages

Higher Frequency (2342MHz vs 2200MHz)

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Dimensity 1000L +139%

800

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

334

MediaTek Dimensity 1000L

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

2200 MHz

Frequency

2342 MHz

8

Cores

4

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

-

L2 cache

1 MB

7 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

10 W

TDP

11 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G77 MP9

GPU name

Adreno 530

695 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

9

Execution units

1

64

Shading units

256

16

Max size

8

0.8006 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.3343 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.0

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR4

1866 MHz

Memory frequency

1866 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

29.87 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

MediaTek APU 3.0

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 3.0

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 80MP

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Helio M70

Modem

X12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 19

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 4700 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

Up to 2500 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.1

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Nov 2019

Announced

Aug 2016

Flagship

Class

Flagship

MT6885Z/CZA

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

MediaTek Dimensity 1000L

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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