MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs October 2024)
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4320 MHz (3400 MHz vs 4320 MHz)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM8750-AB
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
4320 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 830
-
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.744 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
3.2
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support: • 4K(3840×2160) @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 240 Hz
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6
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
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
24 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 320MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @ 60 FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9 (64-бит)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3301
+95%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9848
+43%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3008864
+28%
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