MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 4,033,382 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9500's 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(4.21 GHz, Single Core + 3.5 GHz, Tri core + 2.7 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(4.61 GHz, Dual Core + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Adreno 840

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,568,720

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4,033,382

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Geekbench Score

3,452/10,279

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3,733/11,407

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Phones Powered by These SoCs

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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CPU

1,026,478

1,135,707

GPU

1,388,119

1,497,128

Memory

391,828

539,535

762,295

861,012

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Model No

MT6993

SM8850-AC

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (4.21 GHz, Single Core, C1 Ultra + 3.5 GHz, Tri core, C1 Premium + 2.7 GHz, Quad core, C1 Pro)

Octa core (4.61 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.3-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

L2 Cache

7 MB

12 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Adreno 840

GPU Clock speed

1.716 GHz

1.2 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

5271.5 Gigaflops

3686.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

NPU 990

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.333 GHz

5.3 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

85.3 Gb/s

84.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

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

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

N/A	Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A	UHD @ 240 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

180 Hz

240 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

H.264 (AVC), H.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, APV

Audio Codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X85

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10700 Mbps

Up to 12500 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3700 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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