MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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MediaTek Dimensity 9200

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs November 2022)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
MT6985
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X3
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3050 MHz
-
Transistor count
17

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
-
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.5904 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
192
-
Execution units
11
3.2
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 7900 Mbps
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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
3.5
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L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 690

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
Dimensity 9200
1949 +15%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +30%
Dimensity 9200
5301
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +90%
Dimensity 9200
1240205