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

Announced
May 2021
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6877
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
516,049
-
Geekbench 6
898
391
Geekbench 6
2,240
797
FP32 (float)
-
334