MediaTek Dimensity 9500
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4210 (4210 vs 2800 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs March 2023)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
March 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
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Model Name
SM6225-AD
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
4210
Frequency
2800 MHz

GPU Specifications

GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Adreno 610
1750 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
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FLOPS
0.2432 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
WQHD+ 180Hz
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
Yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
6.0
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2MB/1MB/512KB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
-
Storage type
UFS 2.2
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv9.3
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
MediaTek NPU 990
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500
4007 +744%
Snapdragon 685
475
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
11217 +639%
Snapdragon 685
1517
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500
4011932 +1032%
Snapdragon 685
354293