Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Mediatek Dimensity 6020

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 6020 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6020 (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 3.16% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 6020 (980 vs 950 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6020 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6020 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 241.69 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6020 (1277 K vs 374 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6020.

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 270867 105422
GPU 567801 84018
Memory 239879 82373
UX 198202 101844
Total score 1276749 373657

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 - -
Graphics test 81 FPS -
Score 12967 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
GPU frequency 980 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units - 32
Total shaders - 64
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth - 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 Yes
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced November 2022 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8550-AB -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site Dimensity 6020 official site