Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs MediaTek Dimensity 6300

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

MediaTek Dimensity 6300

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 8 cores 2400MHz MediaTek Dimensity 6300 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (29.8GB/s vs 17.07GB/s)

MediaTek Dimensity 6300 Advantages

Higher Frequency (2400MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)

Released 7 years and 8 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

MediaTek Dimensity 6300 +92%

447617

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

VS

MediaTek Dimensity 6300

CPU

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

Architecture

2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

2342 MHz

Frequency

2400 MHz

4

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv8.2-A

1 MB

L2 cache

-

14 nm

Process

6 nm

2

Transistor count

-

11 W

TDP

-

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 530

GPU name

Mali-G57 MP2

653 MHz

GPU frequency

-

1

Execution units

2

256

Shading units

64

8

Max size

12

0.3343 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.0

Vulkan version

1.3

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR4X

1866 MHz

Memory frequency

2133 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

29.8 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

17.07 Gbit/s

AI

-

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 680

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

Storage type

UFS 2.2

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

2520 x 1080

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

Max camera resolution

1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

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

X12

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 12

4G support

-

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 600 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 3300 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

5

4.1

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Aug 2016

Announced

Apr 2024

Flagship

Class

Mid range

MSM8996 Pro-AC

Model number

-

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

Official page

MediaTek Dimensity 6300

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