MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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 3's 2,186,467 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

Oct, 2023

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

(3.3 GHz, Single Core + 3.15 GHz, Tri core + 2.96 GHz, Dual core + 2.27 GHz, Dual core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Adreno 750

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,568,720

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2,186,467

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Geekbench Score

3,452/10,279

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2,303/7,376

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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 3 2,186,467

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CPU

1,026,478

478,540

GPU

1,388,119

896,091

Memory

391,828

433,332

762,295

378,540

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 3 2,303

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7,376

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Model No

MT6993

SM8650-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 (3.3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X4 + 3.15 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 + 2.96 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720 + 2.27 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A520)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.3-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

7 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

12 MB

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Adreno 750

GPU Clock speed

1.716 GHz

1 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

256

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

5271.5 Gigaflops

2774 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

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

85.3 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

8K @ 30 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

UHD

Max Refresh Rate

180 Hz

N/A

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 X75

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, ad, ax, b, be, e

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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