MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2024)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
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Model Name
SM8750-AB
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Architecture
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L), 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4210
Frequency
4320 MHz

GPU Specifications

GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Adreno 830
1750 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
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FLOPS
3.3792 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
WQHD+ 180Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
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DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

MediaTek NPU 990
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
2MB/1MB/512KB
L2 Cache
24 MB
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
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Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.3
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500
4007 +30%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3092
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
11217 +18%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9529
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500
4011932 +43%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2800771