MediaTek Dimensity 9600M
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
MediaTek Dimensity 9600M
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs November 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (4.21 GHz vs 3800 MHz)
Basic
MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2026
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
10 MB
System Level Cache (SLC)
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6993
Model Name
SM8845
1x 4.21 GHz Arm C1-Ultra + 3x 3.50 GHz Arm C1-Premium + 4x 2.70 GHz Arm C1-Pro
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4.21 GHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Adreno 840
-
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
Shading units
512
12
Execution units
-
OpenCL 3.0
OpenCL version
3.0
Vulkan 1.4
Vulkan version
1.4
WQHD+
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback
Cellular specific functions
-
3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM
Cellular technologies
-
Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO
Downlink functions
-
Up to 7.4 Gbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement
Modem power saving technologies
-
Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2
Uplink functions
-
Yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
10667 MT/s
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
7 MB total (1x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 4x 512 KB)
L2 Cache
-
16 MB
L3 cache
-
-
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.1 (4-lane)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 60 FPS cinematic mode
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
180 Hz
Display refresh rate
-
Armv9.3-A, AArch64, SME2
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Agentic AI Engine, Gemini Nano 4, Qwen 3.5 Omni 4B, 4K text-to-image generation, AI super zoom, AI composition assistance, AI anti-shake, camera agent
AI features
-
MediaTek NPU 990 + ultra-efficient CIM NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9600M
2832
+1%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9600M
7925
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+27%
AntuTu 11
Dimensity 9600M
4011932
+31%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
3057215
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