Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (2840 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (December 2018 vs January 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
December 2018
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8150
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
6.7
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Adreno 640
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
585 MHz
GPU frequency
-
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
384
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 5000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 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 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
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
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
939
Dimensity 8500
1693
+80%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
2855
Dimensity 8500
6897
+142%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 855
603872
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+291%
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