MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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MediaTek Dimensity 7400

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and MediaTek Dimensity 7400 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2600 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs February 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
February 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
Dimensity 7400
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78, 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2600 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Mali-G615 MP2
128
Shading units
128
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080

Connectivity

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
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 655
- 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
4K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693 +60%
Dimensity 7400
1058
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +112%
Dimensity 7400
3255
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +226%
Dimensity 7400
724293