MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3730 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs December 2020)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
December 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
SM8350
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
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Adreno 660
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.72 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
-
Execution units
2
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
-
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
2 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
12 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 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
-
TDP
10 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 780
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585
+75%
Snapdragon 888
1481
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474
+123%
Snapdragon 888
3794
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9500s
4853
+177%
Snapdragon 888
1754
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2345
Lenovo Legion Phone Dual 2 / 2 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
529
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2253
Realme GT 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
293
3DMark Wild Life
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
18356
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5890
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
6194
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1548
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
22281
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5890
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
102676
Asus ZenFone 8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
38350
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
16575
Asus ZenFone 8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
16735
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
6280
Realme GT 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1523
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