MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4210 (4210 vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2025 vs November 2025)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
-
Model Name
SM8845
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4210
Frequency
3800 MHz
GPU Specifications
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Adreno 840
1750 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
128
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
WQHD+ 180Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
2MB/1MB/512KB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.3
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU 990
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500
4007
+43%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
11217
+12%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo X300
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
14221
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
8535
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Oppo Find X9
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3423
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo X300 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
16431
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
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