MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4210 (4210 vs 2960 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs July 2019)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
July 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
-
Model Name
SM8150-AC
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Architecture
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4210
Frequency
2960 MHz
-
Transistor count
6.7
GPU Specifications
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Adreno 640
1750 MHz
GPU frequency
675 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.0368 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
384
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
WQHD+ 180Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 20
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
2MB/1MB/512KB
L2 Cache
1 MB
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.0
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.3
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
MediaTek NPU 990
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500
4007
+285%
Snapdragon 855 Plus
1040
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
11217
+292%
Snapdragon 855 Plus
2865
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500
4011932
+641%
Snapdragon 855 Plus
541633
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