Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 (April 2025 vs January 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
April 2025
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8735
Model Name
MT6991Z/ECZB
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
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
3200 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 825
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
1150 MHz
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
-
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
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
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU
8 MB
L3 cache
12 MB
2.75 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
Dimensity 9500s
2585
+22%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
Dimensity 9500s
8474
+20%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2230196
Dimensity 9500s
3232476
+45%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1820
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Meizu 22
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
217741
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
102676
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Oppo K13 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
17084
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
16575
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