MediaTek Dimensity 7450
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 7450 and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: April 2026 (April 2026 vs January 2026)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (Up to 2.6GHz vs 3400 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
April 2026
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
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Manufacturing
TSMC
MediaTek Dimensity 7450
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
4x Arm Cortex-A78 @ 2.6GHz + 4x Arm Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Octa (8)
Cores
8
4 nm-class
Technology
4 nm
Up to 2.6GHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Arm Mali-G615 MC2
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
-
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
WFHD+ @ 120Hz; Full HD+ @ 144Hz
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD and FDD bands, DSS, NR DL 3CC 140MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback
Cellular specific functions
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2G-5G multi-mode, 5G/4G CA, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA
Cellular technologies
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NR DL 3CC 140MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO
Downlink functions
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3.27Gbps
Download speed
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MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+
Modem power saving technologies
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256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO
Uplink functions
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2T2R
Wi-Fi antenna
-
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
4G support
-
5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5, LPDDR4x
Memory type
LPDDR5X
Up to 6400Mbps
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K30 (3840 x 2160)
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
Encode: H.264, HEVC; Decode: H.264, HEVC, VP-9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
H.264, HEVC, VP-9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
WFHD+ @ 120Hz; Full HD+ @ 144Hz
Display refresh rate
-
-
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Faster edge AI with additional hardware optimizations, AI camera acceleration, up to 7% higher NPU performance
AI features
-
MediaTek 6th generation NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 7450
1071
Dimensity 8500
1693 +58%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 7450
3197
Dimensity 8500
6897 +116%
AntuTu 11
Dimensity 7450
1036031
Dimensity 8500
2120347 +105%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Motorola Edge (2026)
MediaTek Dimensity 7450
432
Vivo iQOO Z11 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1546
3DMark Wild Life
Motorola Edge (2026)
MediaTek Dimensity 7450
3908
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
13884
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Motorola Edge (2026)
MediaTek Dimensity 7450
1065
Vivo iQOO Z11 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
4429