MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3's 1,815,619 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

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Summary

Release Date

Apr, 2026

Mar, 2024

CPU

Octa core

(3.4 GHz, Single Core + 3.2 GHz, Tri core + 2.2 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3 GHz, Single Core + 2.8 GHz, Quad core + 2 GHz, Tri core)

Process Node

4 nm

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Adreno 735

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

2,217,003

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1,815,619

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Geekbench Score

1,759/7,054

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2,003/5,094

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 2,217,003

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1,815,619

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CPU

674,234

549,105

GPU

681,406

500,211

Memory

379,554

317,875

481,809

448,428

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 1,759

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 2,003

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5,094

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Model No

N/A

SM8635

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.4 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Octa core (3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X4 + 2.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A720 + 2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A520)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

N/A

128 KB

L2 Cache

3.5 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB

8 MB

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Adreno 735

GPU Clock speed

1.3 GHz

1.1 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

256

Total Shaders

1024

768

FLOPS

2662.4 Gigaflops

1689.6 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

2.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.0

12.1

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A

Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

67.2 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 4.0

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A

Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

18-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 240 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A	Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+	UHD @ 144 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, 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 X70

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 5170 Mbps

Up to 6500 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

a, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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