MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 662

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 11 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs January 2020)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
January 2020
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM615
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
11 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
-
Transistor count
1.75

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 610
-
GPU frequency
950 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.2432 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.1
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
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
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TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 683

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693 +399%
Snapdragon 662
339
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +470%
Snapdragon 662
1209
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +916%
Snapdragon 662
232246