HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
MediaTek Dimensity 720
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HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 720. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2021
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
Released
Q3/2020
Overall score
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MediaTek Dimensity 720
MediaTek Dimensity 720

What's the best choice HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G or MediaTek Dimensity 720? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G has a maximum frequency of 1.84 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 6 W. Released in Q1/2021.

MediaTek Dimensity 720 has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q3/2020.

Differences

  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 10% better overclocked clock speed

    2.22 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    573 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    41 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1410 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 8% better clock speed

    2.00 GHz left arrow 1.84 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions MediaTek Dimensity 720 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1166 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1044 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1106 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    56 place

Specifications

Technical data
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
MediaTek Dimensity 720 MediaTek Dimensity 720
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    HiSilicon Kirin left arrow Mediatek Dimensity
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 810/820 left arrow MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    1.84 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.22 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    1.84 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    3x Cortex-A76 left arrow 2x Cortex-A76
  • B core
    3x Cortex-A55 left arrow 6x Cortex-A55
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-G57 MP6 left arrow ARM Mali-G57 MP3
  • GPU frequency
    0.85 GHz left arrow 0.85 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    6 left arrow 3
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 48
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow 4 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    Vallhall 1 left arrow Vallhall 1
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q2/2020
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 720 and HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-2133 left arrow LPDDR4X-2133
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 12 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G and MediaTek Dimensity 720 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    6 W left arrow
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G and HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 left arrow Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q3/2020
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow MT6853V/ZA MT6853V/NZA

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G and MediaTek Dimensity 720.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
579
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
327
MediaTek Dimensity 720
AnTuTu 8 benchmark
The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark tests ARM processors by simulating browser and application performance for Android, iOS, AI, SoC
351366
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
303584
MediaTek Dimensity 720

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