Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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 3.62 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
Adreno 840
GPU name
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
128
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
WQHD+ 180Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
Yes
X85 5G Modem-RF System
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
up to 5300MHz
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
- 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
320 MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
-
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 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
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.3
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
Dimensity 9500
4007
+7%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+13%
Dimensity 9500
11217
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+4%
Dimensity 9500
4011932
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
Vivo X300
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
14221
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
Vivo X300 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
1357
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
Oppo Find X9 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
912
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
Oppo Find X9 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
12247
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Oppo Find X9
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3423
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Vivo X300
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3072
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Oppo Find X9 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
94857
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Vivo X300 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
16431
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