Snapdragon 888 vs Dimensity 920

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (with Adreno 660 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 920 (Mali-G68 MP4). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Performs 5.3x better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Dimensity 920
  • Shows significantly better (up to 51%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1135K vs 750K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • 14% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2500 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 920
  • Higher GPU frequency (~13%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1135878
750481
CPU 406119 290440
GPU 233383 78028
Memory 188085 150165
UX 308291 231848
Total score 1135878 750481
Samples [127 tests] [10 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3537
Asset compression 156.9 MB/sec 117.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.4 pages/sec 61.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 104.6 Mpixels/sec 78.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.9 images/sec 43.5 images/sec
HDR 104.7 Mpixels/sec 72.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.1 images/sec 6.73 images/sec
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.04 Mpixels/sec 3.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 49 tests 7 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
4509
Background blur 7.75 images/sec 2.95 images/sec
Face detection 3.37 images/sec 1.44 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.28 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.32 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 13.1 Gpixels/sec 6.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 851.2 FPS 385.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 19 tests 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 505 232
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 4 FPS 2 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
1508
Score 1508 633
Stability 91% 98%
Graphics test 9 FPS 3 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
13347
Web score 12232 10805
Video editing score 7638 6810
Data manipulation score 10494 8454
Photo editing score 29866 34185
Writing score 15219 16317
Phones tested 11 models 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 83 FPS
[Ultra]
64 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Ultra]
27 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]
68 FPS
[Medium]
World of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 58 FPS
[Ultra]
46 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
53 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Asus Zenfone 8
1080 x 2400
Oppo Realme 9 Pro Plus
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Executedream)AnTuTu 121200645
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Nam)AnTuTu 121163847
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Zha)AnTuTu 12976692
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
MediaTek Dimensity 920
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Hard)AnTuTu 11767408
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)Geekbench 6 GPU2269
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)Geekbench 6 CPU936 / 2318
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)AnTuTu 11745837
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Anerierisa)AnTuTu 11750481

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Dimensity 920

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 10 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 128
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 -
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2020 August 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8350 MT6877T
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site MediaTek Dimensity 920 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - MediaTek Dimensity 7050

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