MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (3730 MHz vs 4600 MHz)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
SM8850
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Adreno 840
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.4
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
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
2 MB
L2 Cache
-
12 MB
L3 cache
16 MB
- 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
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @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 HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+45%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+49%
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9500s
4853
+34%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+29%
Comparison of Devices
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Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
6194
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
102676
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
16575
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
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