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MediaTek Dimensity 820
MediaTek's Dimensity 820 is a 7nm mid-range 5G chip with four 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 cores, four Cortex-A55 cores and a five-core Mali-G57 GPU. Announced in May 2020, it launched in China's Redmi 10X 5G and supports 120Hz Full HD+ displays, an 80MP camera ISP and dual-SIM 5G.
Pros
- Four Cortex-A76 cores at 2.6 GHz, up from 2.0 GHz on the Dimensity 800
- Five-core Mali-G57 GPU with HyperEngine 2.0 gaming enhancements
- Integrated sub-6GHz 5G modem with carrier aggregation and dual-SIM 5G with VoNR on both SIMs
- Imagiq 5.0 ISP supports up to four cameras, sensors up to 80MP and multi-frame 4K HDR video
- Supports displays up to 120Hz
Cons
- 5G modem is sub-6GHz only, with no mmWave support
- Display support tops out at Full HD+ resolution
- Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 rather than newer wireless standards
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Dimensity 820
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 7 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.2-A
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 4x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.6 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G57 MC5
AI
- NPU
- MediaTek APU 3.0
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G modem (sub-6GHz, SA/NSA)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 120Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@30fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 718Bottom 47%
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Dimensity 820 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the MediaTek Dimensity 820 yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. MediaTek's Dimensity 820 is a 7nm mid-range 5G chip with four 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 cores, four Cortex-A55 cores and a five-core Mali-G57 GPU. Announced in May 2020, it launched in China's Redmi 10X 5G and supports 120Hz Full HD+ displays, an 80MP camera ISP and dual-SIM 5G.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Dimensity 820?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G57 MC5
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Dimensity 820?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
