Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Dimensity 8020

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (with Adreno 660 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 8020 (Mali-G77 MP9). 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
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
  • Performs 2.7x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • 15% higher CPU clock speed (2995 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 23%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 981K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8020
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 888 Plus

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1208784
CPU 427402 349209
GPU 237850 150375
Memory 183144 181946
UX 360388 299929
Total score 1208784 981459
Samples [5 tests] [13 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 168.9 MB/sec 172.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 108.6 pages/sec 99.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 136.9 Mpixels/sec 132.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 89.6 images/sec 78.5 images/sec
HDR 124 Mpixels/sec 125.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 14.4 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Photo processing 34.3 images/sec 36.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 4.75 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 10 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 11.3 images/sec 7.31 images/sec
Face detection 5.76 images/sec 3.47 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.49 Gpixels/sec 13.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 552.5 FPS 822.7 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 2 tests 6 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 435
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1252 1260
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 7 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10869 15979
Video editing score 7477 7875
Data manipulation score 10013 10609
Photo editing score 27933 46444
Writing score 14232 18299
Phones tested - Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu 111208784
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu 111200817
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu 111156304
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu 111235608
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek)Geekbench 6 GPU5117
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (GEKO973239)AnTuTu 111022272
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 111007624
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-29 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 11991321
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 (Poseidon)AnTuTu 11992657
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Otuab)AnTuTu 11947213

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and Dimensity 8020

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2995 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 836 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 1290.2 Gigaflops 481.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 MediaTek APU 570

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem X60 -
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 2500 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 June 2021 April 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8350-AC MT6891, MT6891Z_Z/CZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site MediaTek Dimensity 8020 official site

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Unn April 14, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Crazy on how a rebranded Dimensity chipset is catching up Snapdragon flagships.
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