MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2400 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L3 cache
0
-
Process
6 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
10
2
TDP
4 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
900 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
4
1
Shading units
48
256
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
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
18.4 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 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, 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. 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
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
516,049
-
Geekbench 6
898
391
Geekbench 6
2,240
797
FP32 (float)
-
334