MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs MediaTek Dimensity 820. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 MediaTek Dimensity 820

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
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 2.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 4x Cortex-A76
• B core
  6x Cortex-A55 4x Cortex-A55

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 MP3 ARM Mali-G57 MP5
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3 5
• Shader
  48 80
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  Vallhall 1 Vallhall 1
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  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 820 and MediaTek Dimensity 800U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  12 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 800U and MediaTek Dimensity 820 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 800U and MediaTek Dimensity 800U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q2/2020
• Part Number
  MT6853V/TNZA MT6853T MT6875