Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2026

Sep, 2025

CPU

5 GHz

Dual Core + Tri core + Tri core

Octa core

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

Process Node

2 nm

3 nm

GPU

Adreno

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	3,512,048 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	3,452/10,279 View Benchmark Details

Phones Powered by These SoCs

iQOO 16

Score: N/A

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra

Motorola Signature 27

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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CPU

N/A

1,026,478

GPU

N/A

1,388,119

Memory

N/A

391,828

N/A

762,295

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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Benchmark Screenshots

AnTuTu Score:

There are no benchmark screenshots available for the processor.

General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

SM8975

MT6993

Manufacturing

N/A

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

N/A

Octa core

CPU

5 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + Tri core + Tri core

Octa core (4.21 GHz, Single Core, C1 Ultra + 3.5 GHz, Tri core, C1 Premium + 2.7 GHz, Quad core, C1 Pro)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

2 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

N/A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

N/A

7 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

Adreno

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

N/A

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

N/A

128

Total Shaders

N/A

1536

FLOPS

N/A	5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

NPU 990

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

N/A

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

N/A

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

N/A

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 5.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 960 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

N/A

Display

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

180 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 24,30 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

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

Audio Codecs

N/A	AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Name

X105

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 14800 Mbps

Up to 10700 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 4200 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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