Samsung Exynos 2100 vs MediaTek Dimensity 900. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Samsung Exynos Mediatek Dimensity
• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 2100 MediaTek Dimensity 900/920
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  5 2

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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Frequency
  2.20 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.90 GHz 2.40 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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-G78 MP14 ARM Mali-G68 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  14 4
• Shader
  224 64
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 Vallhall 2
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2020

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 900 and Samsung Exynos 2100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4XLPDDR5 LPDDR4XLPDDR5
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• Memory channels
  0 4
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 2100 and MediaTek Dimensity 900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 2100 and Samsung Exynos 2100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L3-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-X1/-A78/-A55 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2021
• Part Number
  -- MT6877