MediaTek Dimensity 8000
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (Up to 2.75 GHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2022 vs January 2026)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2022
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC N5 (5nm-class)
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8000(MT6895 MT6895Z/CZA)
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
4× Cortex-A78 up to 2.75 GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 up to 2.0 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Octa (8)
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
Up to 2.75 GHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Arm Mali-G610 MC6
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
-
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.2
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Vulkan version
1.3
FHD+ @ 168 Hz
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

LTE (FDD/TDD), 4G CA
4G support
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5G Sub-6; 3GPP Rel-16; 2CC CA (200 MHz); SA/NSA; DL up to 4.7 Gbps; 5G+5G DSDS
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 (LE Audio Dual-Link TWS)
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), 2×2 (2T2R)
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS L1CA+L5; BeiDou B1I/B2a/B1C; GLONASS L1OF; Galileo E1/E5a; QZSS L1CA/L5; NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5 (quad-channel)
Memory type
LPDDR5X
Up to 6400 Mbps
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
Up to 200 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K (3840 × 2160), up to 60 fps, HDR10+
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, HEVC (encode/decode); VP9, AV1 (decode)
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1 playback
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv8.2-A (64-bit)
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU 580 (multi-core)
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8000
1110
Dimensity 8500
1693 +53%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8000
3500
Dimensity 8500
6897 +97%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8000
863025
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +173%