MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2910 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 Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM7475-AB
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.2

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 725
-
GPU frequency
580 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
768
-
Execution units
2
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 4400 Mbps
-
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
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

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L2 Cache
2 MB
- AAC LC - 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 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1699 +0%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +56%
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +108%
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1135053