Samsung Exynos 2600
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Samsung Exynos 2600
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3.8 GHz vs 3400 MHz)
Basic
Samsung
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9965
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1× C1-Ultra up to 3.8 GHz; 3× C1-Pro up to 3.25 GHz; 6× C1-Pro up to 2.75 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
10
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
4 nm
3.8 GHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Xclipse 960
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
-
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
Up to 4K@120 Hz
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.4
-
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Up to 320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2600
3150
+86%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2600
11100
+61%
Dimensity 8500
6897
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