MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (3730 MHz vs 4600 MHz)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
SM8850
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.63 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
-
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
-
-
FLOPS
3.99 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
3.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
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
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
2 MB
L2 Cache
-
12 MB
L3 cache
16 MB
- 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
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
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
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3325
+29%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11745
+39%
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9500s
4853
+19%
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
4070
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476
+6%
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3052976
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