MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs MediaTek Dimensity 920. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 900/920 MediaTek Dimensity 900/920
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A78 2x Cortex-A78
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A55 6x Cortex-A55
• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 2 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2 GHz 2 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  4 4
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 Vallhall 2
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz -
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G68 MP4 ARM Mali-G68 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2020
• Shader
  64 64
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 920 and MediaTek Dimensity 900. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4XLPDDR5 LPDDR4XLPDDR5

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 900 and MediaTek Dimensity 920 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  10 W 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 900 and MediaTek Dimensity 920, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• Part Number
  MT6877 -
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2021
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None None