MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 429

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MediaTek Dimensity 820

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2600MHz MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs. 4 cores 2000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Dimensity 820 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.416 TFLOPS vs 0.0288 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (17.07GB/s vs 6.4GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2600MHz vs 2000MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

Released 1 years and 11 months late

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 Advantages

Lower TDP (6W vs 8W)

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Dimensity 820 +1385%

416

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429

28

MediaTek Dimensity 820

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429

CPU

4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53

2600 MHz

Frequency

2000 MHz

8

Cores

4

ARMv8.3-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

1 MB

L2 cache

-

0

L3 cache

-

7 nm

Process

12 nm

8 W

TDP

6 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G57 MP5

GPU name

Adreno 504

650 MHz

GPU frequency

450 MHz

5

Execution units

1

64

Shading units

32

16

Max size

4

0.416 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.0288 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.0

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR3

2133 MHz

Memory frequency

933 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

1x 32 Bit

17.07 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

6.4 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 536

UFS 2.2

Storage type

eMMC 5.1

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

1600 x 900

1x 80MP, 2x 32MP

Max camera resolution

1x 16MP, 2x 8MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

1K at 30FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

1080p at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8

AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X6

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 5

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 2770 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 150 Mbps

Up to 1250 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 75 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

5

5.1

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

May 2020

Announced

Jun 2018

Mid range

Class

Low end

MT6875

Model number

SDM429

MediaTek Dimensity 820

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429

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