Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500s mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3730 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (May 2022 vs January 2026)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
May 2022
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Model Name
MT6991Z/ECZB
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 730
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
900 MHz
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
-
Shading units
128
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
2 MB
-
L3 cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Dimensity 9500s
2585 +55%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
Dimensity 9500s
8474 +102%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340
Dimensity 9500s
3232476 +174%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Motorola Moto X30 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1026
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Lenovo Legion Y70
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2897
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
6194
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
41503
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
102676
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
18131
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
16575