Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2342 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
6 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-G610 MP3
GPU frequency
653 MHz
1000 MHz
Execution units
1
3
Shading units
256
-
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Sep 2023
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
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Official page

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
1,051
Geekbench 6
797
2,500
FP32 (float)
334
-
AnTuTu 10
-
522,736