MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
2400 MHz
1800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L3 cache
0
-
Process
6 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
10
2
TDP
4 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
Adreno 509
GPU frequency
900 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
4
1
Shading units
48
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
18.4 Gbit/s
5.3 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1900 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 13
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
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
May 2021
Oct 2017
Class
Mid range
Mid range
Model number
MT6877
SDM636
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
516,049
220,696
Geekbench 6
898
295
Geekbench 6
2,240
1,088
FP32 (float)
-
184