Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
and
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 4210)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
-
2x 4.6 GHz – 6x 3.63 GHz –
Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
4210
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
-
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
3.99 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Shading units
128
-
Max display resolution
WQHD+ 180Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
Yes
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
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
-
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 990
-
L2 Cache
2MB/1MB/512KB
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
320 MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.3
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3325
Dimensity 9500
4007
+21%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11745
+5%
Dimensity 9500
11217
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3052976
Dimensity 9500
4011932
+31%
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