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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs MediaTek Dimensity 900

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 8 cores 2400MHz MediaTek Dimensity 900 . 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 18.4GB/s)
MediaTek Dimensity 900 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.621 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2400MHz vs 2342MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (4W vs 11W)
Released 4 years and 9 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
MediaTek Dimensity 900 +121%
516049
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
391
MediaTek Dimensity 900 +129%
898
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
797
MediaTek Dimensity 900 +181%
2240
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
334
MediaTek Dimensity 900 +85%
621
VS

CPU

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2342 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
4
Cores
8
1 MB
L2 cache
-
-
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
6 nm
2
Transistor count
10
11 W
TDP
4 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 530
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
653 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1
Execution units
4
256
Shading units
48
8
Max size
16
0.3343 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.621 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12

Memory

LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
18.4 Gbit/s

AI

Hexagon 680
NPU
Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, 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
6
4.1
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Aug 2016
Announced
May 2021
Flagship
Class
Mid range
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Model number
MT6877

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