Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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 (3000 MHz vs 3730 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 Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
MT6991Z/ECZB
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 735
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
786
Shading units
128
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
2 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
UFS 4.0
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, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Dimensity 9500s
2585
+58%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
Dimensity 9500s
8474
+112%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775
Dimensity 9500s
3232476
+75%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor MagicPad 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1089
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3116
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
6194
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
54772
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
102676
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
OnePlus Nord 5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
18902
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
16575
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