MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2's 1,611,015 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

Nov, 2022

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

(3.2 GHz, Single Core + 2.8 GHz, Dual core + 2.8 GHz, Dual core + 2 GHz, Tri core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Adreno 740

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,568,720

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1,611,015

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Geekbench Score

3,452/10,279

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2,023/5,564

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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 Gen 2 1,611,015

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CPU

1,026,478

387,339

GPU

1,388,119

613,431

Memory

391,828

306,362

762,295

303,883

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 Gen 2 2,023

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,564

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Model No

MT6993

SM8550-AB

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 (3.2 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X3 + 2.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A715 + 2.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A710 + 2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A510)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.3-A

ARMv9-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

7 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

8 MB

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Adreno 740

GPU Clock speed

1.716 GHz

680 MHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

5271.5 Gigaflops

2089 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

2.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

NPU 990

Hexagon

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.333 GHz

4.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

85.3 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

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

N/A	Face detection, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Bokeh Effect

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

8K @ 30 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	HD @ 960 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

QHD

Max External Display Resolution

N/A

UHD

Max Refresh Rate

180 Hz

144 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), 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 10700 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.3

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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