Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 6500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
and
MediaTek Dimensity 6500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 6 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs May 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
May 2026
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Model Name
MediaTek Dimensity 6500
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Architecture
2x Arm Cortex-A76 @ 2.6GHz + 6x Arm Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz
8
Cores
Octa (8)
4 nm
Technology
6 nm
2.6 GHz
Frequency
Up to 2.6GHz
GPU Specifications
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Arm Mali-G57 MC2
-
GPU frequency
Up to 1.1GHz
OpenCL 2.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
-
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
Connectivity
-
Cellular specific functions
SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD Band, NR FDD Band, DSS, NR DL 2CC, 140 MHz bandwidth, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, 256QAM VoNR, Dual VoNR, Dual 5G SIM, EPS fallback
-
Cellular technologies
2G / 3G / 4G / 5G Multi-Mode, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), 5G Carrier Aggregation (CA), EDGE, 4G FDD / TDD, 5G FDD / TDD, GSM, TD-SCDMA
-
Downlink functions
NR DL 2CC, 140 MHz bandwidth, 8-layer DL MIMO
-
Download speed
3.3Gbps
-
Modem power saving technologies
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+
-
Uplink functions
256QAM NR UL 2CC
-
Wi-Fi antenna
1T1R
5G/4G DSDA
4G support
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5G support
5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.2 + Long Range
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac)
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Navigation
GPS L1CA+L5, BeiDou B1I+B2a, Glonass L1OF, Galileo E1+E5a, QZSS L1CA+L5, NavIC
Memory Specifications
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4x
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133MHz
Miscellaneous
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Audio codecs
-
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Max camera resolution
Native 108MP; 16MP + 16MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video codecs
-
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video playback
-
-
Display refresh rate
Up to 120Hz
64-bit
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
+40%
Dimensity 6500
845
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
+63%
Dimensity 6500
2143
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1012134
+78%
Dimensity 6500
569563
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