Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Dimensity 920 vs Snapdragon 870 SoCs, manufactured by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
Review
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
Pros of Dimensity 920
- Dimensity 920 has 47.29% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (950 vs 645 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (6 vs 7 nm).
Pros of Snapdragon 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 28.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 ( 3200 vs 2500 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 29.26 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 ( 644 K vs 498 K).
- Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 139277 | 179347 |
| GPU | 128453 | 270188 |
| Memory | 96272 | 98761 |
| UX | 134315 | 95818 |
| Total score | 498317 | 644114 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Score | 2003 | 4258 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2500MHz | 3200MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 12 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MC4 | Adreno 650 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 645 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 2 |
| Shading units | 64 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 684 Gigaflops | 1,267 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 698 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | - | 44 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 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K 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 | - | X55 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 2770 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | August 2021 | January 2021 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6877T | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC |
| Official page | Dimensity 920 official site | Snapdragon 870 official site |