Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 920

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and MediaTek Dimensity 920 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2840 MHz (2840 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (7 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2021 (December 2018 vs August 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
December 2018
Launch Date
August 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8150
Model Name
MT6877T
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
6 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
6.7
Transistor count
10

GPU Specifications

Adreno 640
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
585 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.684 TFLOPS
384
Shading units
64
2
Execution units
4
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2770 Mbps
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
6 W
TDP
4 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
939 +1%
Dimensity 920
931
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
2855 +22%
Dimensity 920
2331
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 855
916 +31%
Dimensity 920
698
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 855
603872 +16%
Dimensity 920
521314