MediaTek Dimensity 8050 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A783x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3000 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
6 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
TDP
-
11 W

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G77 MP9
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
850 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
9
1
Shading units
64
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
-
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 570
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 4700 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
May 2023
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6893, MT6893Z_T/CZA
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
723,644
-
Geekbench 6
1,119
391
Geekbench 6
3,242
797
FP32 (float)
979
334