Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 (March 2024 vs January 2026)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
March 2024
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
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 735
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
750 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
786
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.2
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
8 MB
L3 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 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Dimensity 8500
1693 +3%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
Dimensity 8500
6897 +73%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +28%