Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Dimensity 920 and Snapdragon 778g SoCs, brought to you by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

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 4.17% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (2500 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 920 has 93.88% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (950 vs 490 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 778g
  • Snapdragon 778g has 8.46 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 ( 540 K vs 498 K).
  • Snapdragon 778g 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.
CPU 139277 161744
GPU 128453 156423
Memory 96272 90737
UX 134315 131554
Total score 498317 540458

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% 98%
Graphics test 12 FPS 14 FPS
Score 2003 2468

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
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 2500MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - 2 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 12 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 642L
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 950 MHz 490 MHz
Pipelines 4 2
Shading units 64 384
Total shaders 128 768
FLOPS 684 Gigaflops 684 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Hexagon 770

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth - 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - X53
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 2770 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 800 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced August 2021 May 2021
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Model number MT6877T SM7325
Official page Dimensity 920 official site Snapdragon 778g official site