Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (September 2025 vs January 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2025
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
128
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+122%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+83%
Dimensity 8500
6897
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+77%
Dimensity 8500
2359462
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