Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs MediaTek Dimensity 720

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2342 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
10 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
-

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-G57 MP3
GPU frequency
653 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
1
3
Shading units
256
64
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
17.07 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 64MP, 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
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

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
5
Bluetooth
4.1
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Jul 2020
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
MT6853V
Official page

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
774
Geekbench 6
797
1,861
FP32 (float)
334
326
AnTuTu 10
-
391,528