Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs MediaTek Helio G85

We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched Dimensity 920 and Helio G85 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Mediatek respectively. Our assessment weighs the benefits and drawbacks of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, as well as their full technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Dimensity 920
  • Dimensity 920 has 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G85 (2500 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 920 has -5.00% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G85 (950 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Dimensity 920 has 77.78% higher memory frequency than Helio G85 (3200 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Dimensity 920 has 100.31 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G85 (498 K vs 249 K).
Pros of Helio G85
  • Helio G85 has 100.00 % smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 ( 12 vs 6 nm).
  • Helio G85 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920 .

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
498317
CPU 139277 67123
GPU 128453 61260
Memory 96272 42828
UX 134315 77565
Total score 498317 248776

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 12 FPS 4 FPS
Score 2003 710

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2500MHz 2000MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 6 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 12 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Valhall 2 Bifrost 2
GPU frequency 950 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 4 2
Shading units 64 32
Total shaders 128 64
FLOPS 684 Gigaflops 59 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth - 13.41 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 2770 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 800 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced August 2021 April 2020
Class Mid-range Mid range
Model number MT6877T MT6769Z
Official page Dimensity 920 official site Helio G85 official site