MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 4,214,275 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's 4,033,382 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2026

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(4.55 GHz, Dual Core + 4.35 GHz, Tri core + 3.1 GHz, Tri core)

Octa core

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

Process Node

2 nm

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

Adreno 840

Memory Type

LPDDR6

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

4,214,275

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4,033,382

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Geekbench Score

3,174/10,328

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3,733/11,407

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 4,214,275

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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CPU

1,195,854

1,135,707

GPU

1,713,804

1,497,128

Memory

518,133

539,535

786,484

861,012

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 3,174

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 10,328

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Qualcomm

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Model No

N/A

SM8850-AC

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (4.55 GHz, Dual Core, C2 Ultra + 4.35 GHz, Tri core, C2 Pro + 3.1 GHz, Tri core, C2 Pro)

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

2 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.3-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

L2 Cache

2 MB

12 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

GPU

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

Adreno 840

GPU Clock speed

1.8 GHz

1.2 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

5529.6 Gigaflops

3686.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR6

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.333 GHz

5.3 GHz

Bus

4x24 Bit

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

128 Gb/s

84.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 5.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

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

UHD @ 240 FPS

FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+ @ 180 Hz

UHD @ 240 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

180 Hz

240 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

N/A	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

Bluetooth Version

6.2

6.0

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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