MediaTek Dimensity 8450 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,098,258 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8450's 2,141,052 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

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Summary

Release Date

May, 2025

Nov, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(3.25 GHz, Single Core + 3 GHz, Tri core + 2.1 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G720 MC7

Adreno 829

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

2,141,052

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3,098,258

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Geekbench Score

1,647/6,458

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2,889/9,583

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

MediaTek Dimensity 8450 2,141,052

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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CPU

692,152

951,159

GPU

656,029

1,064,381

Memory

275,727

506,796

517,144

575,922

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8450 1,647

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8450 6,458

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Model No

N/A

SM8845

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.25 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Octa core (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

1 MB

12 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB

N/A

GPU

Mali-G720 MC7

Adreno 829

GPU Clock speed

1.3 GHz

1.225 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

896

1024

FLOPS

2329.6 Gigaflops

2508.8 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.0

12.1

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.266 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

68.2 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

MP4	Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+

3840x2540

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

240 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X80

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 5170 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.4

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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