MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs April 2025)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3730 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925, 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4, 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
-
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
-
FLOPS
4.9521 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
3.2
OpenCL version
3.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
12 MB
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 890

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
Dimensity 9400 Plus
2956 +75%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897
Dimensity 9400 Plus
9090 +32%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462
Dimensity 9400 Plus
2678086 +14%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
6999
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
11422
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
692
Realme GT 7 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
834
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z11 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1546
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2427
3DMark Wild Life
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
13884
Xiaomi Redmi K Pad
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
18206
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Vivo iQOO Z11 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
4429
Vivo X200s
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
5777