MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs May 2022)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM7450-AB
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 644
-
GPU frequency
660 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.0138 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
384
-
Execution units
2
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
L2 Cache
3 MB
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
5 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
+75%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
969
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897
+148%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2786
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+304%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
583543
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