MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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MediaTek Dimensity 7100

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and MediaTek Dimensity 7100 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2400 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
MT6858
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
6 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Mali-G610 MC2
-
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
128
Shading units
64
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
1200 x 2600

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 3.3 Gbps
-
4G support
Yes
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5 / LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693 +70%
Dimensity 7100
996
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +134%
Dimensity 7100
2950
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +296%
Dimensity 7100
595824