MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4210 (4210 vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2025 vs November 2025)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
-
Model Name
SM8845
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4210
Frequency
3800 MHz
GPU Specifications
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Adreno 840
1750 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
128
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
WQHD+ 180Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
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
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
MediaTek NPU 990
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
2MB/1MB/512KB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
-
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
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- 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
+43%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
11217
+12%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
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