MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs April 2025)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
SM8735
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Adreno 825
-
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
128
Shading units
-
3.2
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
2.75 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
+25%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
+3%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+6%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2230196
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