Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  6 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800

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
  1.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.80 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Kryo 460 Gold 2x Cortex-A76
• B core
  6x Kryo 460 Silver 6x 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
  Qualcomm Adreno 619 ARM Mali-G57 MP3
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz 0.95 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  0 3
• Shader
  128 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  6 Vallhall 1
• DirectX Version
  12.1 12
• Technology
  8 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 Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 800U and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  12 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G and MediaTek Dimensity 800U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Kryo 460 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  8 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2020
• Part Number
  SM4350 MT6853V/TNZA MT6853T