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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

vs

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and MediaTek Dimensity 7500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

Higher Frequency: 2800 MHz (2800 MHz vs Up to 2.6GHz)

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2025 vs May 2026)

Basic

Qualcomm

Label Name

MediaTek

May 2025

Launch Date

May 2026

SmartPhone Mid range

Platform

SmartPhone Mid range

TSMC

Manufacturing

SM7750-AB

Model Name

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)

Architecture

4x Arm C1 Pro @ 2.6GHz + 4x Arm C1 Nano @ 2.0GHz

Cores

Octa (8)

4 nm

Technology

4 nm

2800 MHz

Frequency

Up to 2.6GHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 722

GPU name

Arm Mali-G625 MC2

256

Shading units

2.0

OpenCL version

1.3

Vulkan version

2880 x 1800

Max display resolution

Primary up to 1344 x 2800; secondary up to 1300 x 1200

12.1

DirectX version

Connectivity

Cellular specific functions

SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD and FDD bands, DSS, NR DL 3CC 220MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback, Smart Network Suite 3.0

Cellular technologies

2G-5G multi-mode, 5G/4G CA, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA

Downlink functions

NR DL 3CC 220MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO

Up to 4200 Mbps

Download speed

5.2Gbps

Modem power saving technologies

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+

Uplink functions

256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO

Wi-Fi antenna

Up to 2T2R

4G support

4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA

Yes

5G support

5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA

6.0

Bluetooth

Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth Hybrid Coexistence, Bluetooth Long Range, Xtra Range 3.0

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5

4200 MHz

Memory frequency

Up to 6400Mbps

2x 16 Bit

Memory Bus

Miscellaneous

4 MB

L3 cache

- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Audio codecs

1x 200MP

Max camera resolution

200MP

UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

Storage type

UFS 3.1 2-lane

4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K30 (3840 x 2160) - 10 bit

- H.264 - H.265 - VP9

Video codecs

Encode: H.264, HEVC; Decode: H.264, HEVC, VP-9

4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS

Video playback

4K HDR

Display refresh rate

Primary up to 144Hz; secondary up to 120Hz

Dual display support

Secondary display up to 1300 x 1200 @ 120Hz

ARMv9-A

Instruction set

Armv9.3-A

AI features

Generative AI support, global AI ecosystem support, on-device speech recognition, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, contextual replies, notification summarization

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 850