MediaTek Dimensity 820
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 820
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (2600 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (May 2020 vs November 2025)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2020
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6875
Model Name
SM8845
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G57 MP5
GPU name
Adreno 840
650 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
0.416 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
512
5
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.4
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
12
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.1
Bluetooth
6.0
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 820
847
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+231%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 820
2494
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+303%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi Redmi 10X 5G
MediaTek Dimensity 820
290
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Xiaomi Redmi 10X 5G
MediaTek Dimensity 820
11265
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
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