MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs May 2021)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
May 2021
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
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Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM7325
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
6 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 642L
-
GPU frequency
490 MHz
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
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
-
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
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

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L2 Cache
2 MB
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
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TDP
5 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 770

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693 +73%
Snapdragon 778G
981
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +147%
Snapdragon 778G
2787
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +295%
Snapdragon 778G
597891