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The surprise is that raw total scores barely separate them, because in AnTuTu the two chips land close, while Geekbench single-core and GPU tests split them dramatically. If you are choosing between a Redmi 12 5G, a Tecno Spark 10 5G, a Realme Narzo 60 5G or an Infinix Hot 30 5G, here is exactly what each chip delivers and where each one wins.
At a Glance
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2: June 2023, 4nm, 2x Cortex-A78 at 2.2GHz plus 6x A55, Adreno 613 GPU.
- Dimensity 6020: March 2023, 7nm, 2x Cortex-A76 at 2.2GHz plus 6x A55, Mali-G57 MC2 GPU; described by 91mobiles and NotebookCheck as a rebranded Dimensity 700 from 2020, with Bluetooth 5.2 against the 700's 5.1 as the documented change.
- AnTuTu totals are nearly tied: about 1 percent apart on AnTuTu 10 and about 6 percent on AnTuTu 11, which uses a different scale and larger sample.
- Geekbench 6 is not close: the Snapdragon leads by about 26 percent single-core and 9 to 11 percent multi-core.
- The GPU gap is the biggest of all: in Unite4buy's 3DMark set the Snapdragon scored 2,389 against 1,121, more than double.
- Key phones: Redmi 12 5G and Poco M6 Pro 5G run the Snapdragon; Tecno Spark 10 5G, Realme Narzo 60 5G and Infinix Hot 30 5G run the Dimensity.
- Prices: the Redmi 12 5G is listed at 169.99 euros in Europe by GSMArena and at an unofficial 24,800 taka in Bangladesh per MobileDokan's 2026 listing.
Why This Matters
The ultra-budget 5G segment is the fastest-growing phone category in markets like Bangladesh, India and Southeast Asia, and these two chips sit inside the best-selling models of that segment. A buyer comparing two 170 euro phones cannot see the difference from the spec sheet, because both promise 5G and identical 2.2GHz clock speeds.
The real differences show up in three places that matter daily: app-launch speed, gaming smoothness and battery endurance. One chip carries 2023 silicon economics, and the other carries 2020 silicon economics at the same shelf price, which is exactly the kind of gap that decides whether a phone feels fast for two years or starts struggling in twelve months.
Main Story
The Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 was Qualcomm's push to bring flagship-era manufacturing down to the entry tier: a 4nm design with two Cortex-A78 performance cores at 2.2GHz, six efficiency cores and the Adreno 613. MediaTek answered in the same price band with the Dimensity 6020, which pairs two Cortex-A76 cores, an older ARM design generation, at the same 2.2GHz with six A55 cores on the 7nm node. On paper the clock speeds match. Under the hood, the process node and the core generation differ by multiple years, and the rebadge charge holds up under testing: Unite4buy's own comparison shows the original Dimensity 700 scoring within 0.68 percent of the 6020 in AnTuTu, with Bluetooth 5.2 against the 700's 5.1 and Wi-Fi 5 on both, per Bajaj Finserv's spec comparison, as the main documented updates.
The two chips, briefly:
Then the scores, and they split into three different stories. In AnTuTu, the two chips are close, with one caveat about scales: Topcpu's AnTuTu 10 aggregate puts them within 1 percent, 428,143 against 423,261, while Nanoreview's AnTuTu 11 samples, a newer version with its own scale, widen that to about 6 percent, 560,863 against 530,583. Geekbench 6 is where the older design shows its age, with the Snapdragon leading by roughly 26 to 27 percent single-core across both aggregators and 9 to 11 percent multi-core. The GPU story is bigger still, though the evidence is mixed by test: Unite4buy's 3DMark results show the Snapdragon more than doubling the Dimensity, 2,389 to 1,121, Nanoreview's floating-point measure shows a 50 percent lead, and Nanoreview's small AnTuTu GPU sample oddly favors the MediaTek. That last number is the least reliable of the set: AnTuTu GPU sub-scores are sensitive to driver optimization and tiny samples, while 3DMark runs a standardized scene, which is why the 3DMark result carries more weight.
What each benchmark actually recorded:
For gamers, Unite4buy's fps set translates those numbers into frame rates, and the pattern holds: similar in lighter titles, clearly ahead in heavy ones. The Snapdragon phone sustains 60 fps in PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile against 51 and 56 fps, and reaches 39 fps in Genshin Impact against 32, a 22 percent lead in the most demanding game tested. Unite4buy does not publish the settings behind these runs, so treat the numbers as indicative comparisons rather than guarantees for any specific phone.
Gaming frame rates, Unite4buy test set:
On the modem side, the documented numbers are narrower than the marketing suggests. Unite4buy's spec database lists upload at 300 Mbps for the Snapdragon against 211 Mbps for the Dimensity, a gap of roughly 40 percent on paper uploads, while MediaTek's own specification sheet, as compiled by Bajaj Finserv, puts Dimensity 6020 download at 2.77 Gbps; a directly comparable download figure for the Snapdragon's integrated modem does not appear in the sources checked, so only the upload claim is made here.
Battery life is where the 4nm versus 7nm argument meets mixed reality. On the Snapdragon side, UL Benchmarks' run on the Redmi 12 5G recorded 18 hours 6 minutes in the PCMark Work 3.0 battery test, a strong result, yet DXOMARK's battery review of the same phone ranked it toward the bottom of its database, criticizing charging that takes more than 2 hours 20 minutes and weak on-the-go endurance despite good streaming autonomy. No directly comparable lab battery test of a Dimensity 6020 phone surfaced in this research, so the efficiency edge implied by the newer node remains an assumption, not a documented win.
Where each chip actually ships, and at what buyers paid:
For Bangladeshi readers, the verified local reference point is the Redmi 12 5G, which MobileDokan lists at an unofficial 24,800 taka for the 6GB variant as of March 2026, noting the phone is not officially distributed in Bangladesh and is bought through unofficial channels. The Dimensity 6020 phones above are Indian-market prices from MyNextPhone; official Bangladesh pricing for those models varies by brand and importer and was not part of the verified data for this article.
Both chips are still alive in 2026 hardware. Smartprix's current Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 list includes the HMD Fuse and even the premium-priced minimalist Light Phone 3, while the Dimensity 6020 continues inside Tecno, Realme, Infinix and Oppo budget models. Three years after launch, neither chip has been pushed out of the entry tier.
What is measured, what is contextual, and what is open:
What Happens Next
Both chips now anchor the sub-200-euro tier into a third year, and the pressure comes from two directions. From below, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 already sits behind the Dimensity 6020 in Nanoreview's AnTuTu totals. From MediaTek's own shelf, the newer Dimensity 6300, which powers phones like the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G and Infinix Hot 50 5G, scored 531,619 in AnTuTu 11 on the Galaxy F06 per Beebom's testing, essentially level with the 6020. In this segment, the year on the silicon matters less than the price sticker, so buyers should check the exact chip and the exact price, not just the brand.
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FAQ
Is the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 better than the Dimensity 6020?
In most measurable ways, yes. Total AnTuTu scores are close, but the Snapdragon leads by about 26 percent in Geekbench 6 single-core, roughly doubles the 3DMark GPU result, and is built on a 4nm process against the Dimensity's 7nm.
Is the Dimensity 6020 really just a rebranded Dimensity 700?
Essentially yes on performance: Unite4buy measures the original 700 within 0.68 percent of the 6020 in AnTuTu. The documented updates are small connectivity changes, mainly Bluetooth 5.2 instead of 5.1, per Bajaj Finserv's spec comparison.
Which phones use each chip?
The Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 runs in the Redmi 12 5G and Poco M6 Pro 5G, plus 2026 devices like the HMD Fuse. The Dimensity 6020 runs in the Tecno Spark 10 5G, Realme Narzo 60 5G, Oppo A79 5G and Infinix Hot 30 5G, per MyNextPhone and NotebookCheck.
What about battery life?
Verified data exists only on the Snapdragon side: the Redmi 12 5G logged 18 hours 6 minutes in UL Benchmarks' PCMark battery test, though DXOMARK criticized its slow charging and on-the-go endurance. No comparable lab test of a Dimensity 6020 phone was found, so the 4nm efficiency advantage remains unproven in published side-by-side data.
Will a phone with either chip last three years?
Both chips were fast enough for everyday apps at launch and remain in production in 2026, but longevity depends more on the phone brand's update policy than on the chip, and those policies vary widely in this tier. The safer performance margin belongs to the Snapdragon, which starts with a bigger single-core lead.
Is the Dimensity 6020 good for gaming?
For everyday and lighter titles, yes, and it stays within about 5 fps of the Snapdragon in Call of Duty Mobile and Mobile Legends in Unite4buy's runs. In demanding games like Genshin Impact the tested gap widens to about 22 percent.
Which one should a budget buyer choose?
At identical prices, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 phone is the safer buy on raw performance and newer silicon. The Dimensity phones can win on other strengths such as battery size or camera tuning, which vary by model rather than by chip.
Bottom Line
The Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 6020 battle is closer than the spec sheets suggest and wider than the price tags admit: AnTuTu totals sit within about 6 percent, but Geekbench single-core, floating-point compute and GPU tests all point the same way, toward Qualcomm's three-years-newer 4nm design. In a segment where a 170 euro phone is a two-year commitment, that generation gap is the difference the label does not show.
Sources / Attribution
- Nanoreview: Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 vs Dimensity 6020 and Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 comparison databases, Geekbench and AnTuTu aggregates, crowd-sourced samples as labeled
- Topcpu: AnTuTu 10 and Geekbench 6 aggregate comparison
- Unite4buy: benchmark, 3DMark and gaming fps test set, plus Dimensity 700 vs 6020 comparison
- Bajaj Finserv: Dimensity 6020 vs 700 specification table, Bluetooth and modem details
- MyNextPhone: Dimensity 6020 phone list with Indian prices
- NotebookCheck, September 2023: Poco M6 Pro 5G review collection, Infinix Hot 30 5G and Tecno Spark 10 5G with Dimensity 6020
- 91mobiles: Poco M6 Pro 5G review, Dimensity 6020 rebadge context
- GSMArena: Redmi 12 5G European price listing and launch pricing, Moto G54 Dimensity 7020 specification verification
- UL Benchmarks: Redmi 12 5G PCMark Work 3.0 results including 18h 6min battery run
- DXOMARK, October 2023: Redmi 12 5G battery test review
- MobileDokan, March 2026: Redmi 12 5G unofficial Bangladesh pricing
- Smartprix, 2026: Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 phone list including HMD Fuse and Light Phone 3
- Beebom, August 2026: Dimensity 6300 AnTuTu 11 testing on Galaxy F06
- Cputronic: Dimensity 6300 phone list including Samsung Galaxy A16 5G
- Xataka and Nextpit, 2024: Poco M6 Pro 5G European review pricing
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