Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (2840 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (December 2020 vs January 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
December 2020
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8350
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 660
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
840 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.72 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
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
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
-
-
5G support
Yes
5.2
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, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.0, 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
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
10 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon 780
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 888
1481
Dimensity 8500
1693
+14%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 888
3794
Dimensity 8500
6897
+82%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Lenovo Legion Phone Dual 2 / 2 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
529
Vivo iQOO Z11 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1546
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Realme GT 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
293
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1283
3DMark Wild Life
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5890
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
13884
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1548
Vivo iQOO Z11 (China)
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
4429
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5890
Xiaomi 17T
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
13750
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Realme GT 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1523
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
4007
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