MediaTek Dimensity 9500s vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,098,258 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9500s's 3,022,675 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

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Summary

Release Date

Jan, 2026

Nov, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(3.73 GHz, Single Core + 3.3 GHz, Tri core + 2.4 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Immortalis-G925

Adreno 829

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,022,675

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3,098,258

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Geekbench Score

2,673/8,483

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2,889/9,583

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 3,022,675

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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CPU

877,143

951,159

GPU

1,049,014

1,064,381

Memory

452,385

506,796

644,133

575,922

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 2,673

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 8,483

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Model No

MT6991Z

SM8845

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.73 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X925 + 3.3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex X4 + 2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A720)

Octa core (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

2 MB

12 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB

N/A

GPU

Immortalis-G925

Adreno 829

GPU Clock speed

1.612 GHz

1.225 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

1536

1024

FLOPS

4952.1 Gigaflops

2508.8 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

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

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

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

UHD @ 180 Hz

3840x2540

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, H.265, AV1, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X80

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7300 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 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

5.4

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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