MediaTek Dimensity 720 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2000 MHz
2150 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
7 nm
14 nm
TDP
10 W
11 W
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
Manufacturing
-
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G57 MP3
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
850 MHz
624 MHz
Execution units
3
1
Shading units
64
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
17.07 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.2
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 2770 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1250 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.1
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Jul 2020
Nov 2015
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6853V
MSM8996
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
391,528
260,148
Geekbench 6
774
323
Geekbench 6
1,861
827
FP32 (float)
326
319