Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

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Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3's 868,311 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme the more powerful processor.

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024
Apr, 2026

CPU

Octa core
(2.4 GHz, Quad Core + 1.8 GHz, Quad core)
Octa core
(3.4 GHz, Single Core + 3.2 GHz, Tri core + 2.2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

4 nm
4 nm

GPU

Adreno 710
Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5
LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

868,311
2,217,003

Geekbench Score

1,023/2,690
1,759/7,054

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)
AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 868,311
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 2,217,003
CPU
330,086
674,234
GPU
127,584
681,406
Memory
173,605
379,554
UX
237,036
481,809
Geekbench (The higher, the better)
The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Geekbench Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 1,023
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 1,759
Geekbench Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 2,690
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

Benchmark Screenshots

AnTuTu Score:

General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm
MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Model No

SM6475-AB
N/A

Manufacturing

Samsung
TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core
Octa core

CPU

Octa core (2.4 GHz, Quad Core, Cortex A78 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)
Octa core (3.4 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Process Node

4 nm
4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

N/A
3.5 MB

L3 Cache

N/A
6 MB

GPU

GPU

Adreno 710
Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

1.01 GHz
1.3 GHz

Pipelines

2
8

Shading Units

128
128

Total Shaders

256
1024

FLOPS

517.1 Gigaflops
2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.1
1.3

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP
3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2
N/A

DirectX Version

12.1
12.0

AI

NPU

Hexagon
MediaTek NPU

Image Processing Engine

Spectra ISP
N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5
LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.2 GHz
4.8 GHz

Bus

2x16 Bit
4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

25.6 Gb/s
76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

12 GB
24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1
UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra
N/A

ISP Bit Depth

12-bit
N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP
320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 30 FPS
UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

HD @ 240 FPS
N/A

Video Capture Formats

MP4
N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

FHD+ @ 120 Hz
QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

120 Hz
144 Hz

HDR Support

Yes
N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 30 FPS
UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X62
N/A

5G Support

Yes
Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 2900 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 1600 Mbps
N/A

Wi-Fi Version

6E
6E

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n
a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.2
5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS
BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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