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Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Dimensity 920
VS
Snapdragon 888
Dimensity 920
Snapdragon 888

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Dimensity 920 vs Snapdragon 888 SoCs, designed by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 13.10% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (950 vs 840 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 888
  • Snapdragon 888 has 13.60 % higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 ( 2840 vs 2500 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 16.67 % smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 ( 5 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 62.25 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 ( 808 K vs 498 K).
  • Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920 .

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Dimensity 920
vs
Snapdragon 888

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 139277 211734
GPU 128453 306250
Memory 96272 133870
UX 134315 156641
Total score 498317 808495

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% 91%
Graphics test 12 FPS 30 FPS
Score 2003 5126

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 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2500MHz 2840MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 12 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 660
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 950 MHz 840 MHz
Pipelines 4 2
Shading units 64 512
Total shaders 128 1024
FLOPS 684 Gigaflops 1720 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 780

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth - 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 24 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 120FPS
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 - X60
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
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 December 2020
Class Mid-range Flagship
Model number MT6877T SM8350
Official page Dimensity 920 official site Snapdragon 888 official site