Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (December 2021 vs January 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
December 2021
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 730
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
818 MHz
GPU frequency
-
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
768
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.2
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
5.3 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Dimensity 8500
1693
+2%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
Dimensity 8500
6897
+71%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+115%
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