Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (2960 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (April 2019 vs January 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
April 2019
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8150-AC
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2960 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
6.7
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Adreno 640
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
675 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.0368 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
384
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.2
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.1
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 860
996
Dimensity 8500
1693
+70%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 860
2569
Dimensity 8500
6897
+168%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 860
623982
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+278%
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