Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
2150 MHz
3050 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
64 KB
1024 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
2
—
TDP
11 W
4 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
624 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
1
10
Shading units
256
96
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3200 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2015
Nov 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996
MT6983
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
260,148
1,084,030
Geekbench 6
323
1,599
Geekbench 6
827
4,199
FP32 (float)
319
1,632
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.