MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
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 2800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs March 2023)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
March 2023
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM6225-AD
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
6 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
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
5.2
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 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 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
+256%
Snapdragon 685
475
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897
+355%
Snapdragon 685
1517
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+566%
Snapdragon 685
354293
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