Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Mediatek Dimensity 6020

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Snapdragon 888 vs Dimensity 6020 SoCs, designed by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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 Snapdragon 888
  • Snapdragon 888 has 29.09% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6020 (2840 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6020 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6020 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 116.37 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6020 (808 K vs 374 K).
  • Snapdragon 888 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6020.
  • Snapdragon 888 supports 199.94 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6020 ( 51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 6020
  • Dimensity 6020 has 13.10 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 ( 950 vs 840 MHz).

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 211734 105422
GPU 306250 84018
Memory 133870 82373
UX 156641 101844
Total score 808495 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 91% -
Graphics test 30 FPS -
Score 5126 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 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)
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 2840MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall
GPU frequency 840 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 512 32
Total shaders 1024 64
FLOPS 1720 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, 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 X60 -
4G support LTE Cat. 22 Yes
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2020 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8350 -
Official page Snapdragon 888 official site Dimensity 6020 official site