MediaTek Dimensity 1050 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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MediaTek Dimensity 1050

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2500MHz MediaTek Dimensity 1050 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 1050 Advantages

Higher Frequency (2500MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)

Released 5 years and 9 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

MediaTek Dimensity 1050 +142%

564464

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 1050 +154%

995

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

391

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 1050 +206%

2440

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

797

MediaTek Dimensity 1050

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 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

-

L2 cache

1 MB

6 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

-

TDP

11 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G610 MP3

GPU name

Adreno 530

1000 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

3

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

12

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR4

3200 MHz

Memory frequency

1866 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

-

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

MediaTek APU 550

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 108MP, 2x 20MP

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 2770 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

Up to 1250 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

May 2022

Announced

Aug 2016

Mid range

Class

Flagship

MT6879

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

MediaTek Dimensity 1050

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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