MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Comparing the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Mar, 2026

May, 2026

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

(2.6 GHz, Quad Core + 2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

4 nm

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Adreno

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

AnTuTu Score

2,136,906

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N/A

Geekbench Score

1,725/6,860

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N/A

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max 5G

Score: N/A

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 2,136,906

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 N/A

CPU

618,996

N/A

GPU

648,976

N/A

Memory

390,041

N/A

478,893

N/A

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 1,725

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 N/A

Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 6,860

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 N/A

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Model No

N/A

SM6850

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 (2.6 GHz, Quad Core, Cortex A720 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9-A

L2 Cache

3.5 MB

N/A

L3 Cache

6 MB

N/A

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Adreno

GPU Clock speed

1.3 GHz

N/A

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

128

N/A

Total Shaders

1024

N/A

FLOPS

2662.4 Gigaflops

N/A

Vulkan Version

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.0

N/A

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Spectra ISP

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

2x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

25.6 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

16 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 3.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A

Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

12-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 30 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	HD @ 240 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A

MP4

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+	FHD+ @ 144 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 30 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

H.264, H.265, VP9

Audio Codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Qualcomm 5G Modem-RF System

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 5170 Mbps

Up to 2800 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

5.4

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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