MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2024)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
September 2024
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM6475-AB
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 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 710
-
GPU frequency
940 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.4813 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
3.2
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
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
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
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
- 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
+69%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1001
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897
+132%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2972
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+181%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
840643
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