MediaTek Dimensity 9500M vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Comparing the MediaTek Dimensity 9500M and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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 9500M

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Aug, 2026

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

1.716 GHz

Adreno 840

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	4,033,382 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	3,733/11,407 View Benchmark Details

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9500M N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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CPU

N/A

1,135,707

GPU

N/A

1,497,128

Memory

N/A

539,535

N/A

861,012

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500M N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500M N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500M

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Model No

N/A

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)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

Instruction Set

N/A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

N/A

12 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

N/A	Adreno 840

GPU Clock speed

1.716 GHz

1.2 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

1408

1536

FLOPS

4832.2 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

8K @ 60 Hz

UHD @ 240 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

240 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

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

Audio Codecs

AAC, 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

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

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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