MediaTek Dimensity 6500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 6500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs October 2023)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (6 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (Up to 2.6GHz vs 3300 MHz)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2026
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
MediaTek Dimensity 6500
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x Arm Cortex-A76 @ 2.6GHz + 6x Arm Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Octa (8)
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
4 nm
Up to 2.6GHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
GPU Specifications
Arm Mali-G57 MC2
GPU name
Adreno 750
Up to 1.1GHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Connectivity
SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD Band, NR FDD Band, DSS, NR DL 2CC, 140 MHz bandwidth, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, 256QAM VoNR, Dual VoNR, Dual 5G SIM, EPS fallback
Cellular specific functions
-
2G / 3G / 4G / 5G Multi-Mode, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), 5G Carrier Aggregation (CA), EDGE, 4G FDD / TDD, 5G FDD / TDD, GSM, TD-SCDMA
Cellular technologies
-
NR DL 2CC, 140 MHz bandwidth, 8-layer DL MIMO
Downlink functions
-
3.3Gbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+
Modem power saving technologies
-
256QAM NR UL 2CC
Uplink functions
-
1T1R
Wi-Fi antenna
-
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 5.2 + Long Range
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS L1CA+L5, BeiDou B1I+B2a, Glonass L1OF, Galileo E1+E5a, QZSS L1CA+L5, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4x
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Native 108MP; 16MP + 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.0
-
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
-
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Up to 120Hz
Display refresh rate
-
-
Instruction set
ARMv9
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 6500
845
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
+159%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 6500
2143
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+231%
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