Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4610 MHz
2600 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
TDP
-
8 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
Mali-G57 MP5
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
650 MHz
Shading units
512
64
Execution units
-
5
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
2133 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
17.07 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 2.2
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Yes
Max display resolution
-
2520 x 1080

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Download speed
-
Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 1250 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
May 2020
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8850
MT6875
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
489,218
Geekbench 6
3,834
847
Geekbench 6
12,396
2,494
FP32 (float)
3,686
416