Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 4,033,382 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme's 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

Apr, 2026

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

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

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 840

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

4,033,382

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2,217,003

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Geekbench Score

3,733/11,407

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1,759/7,054

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 2,217,003

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CPU

1,135,707

674,234

GPU

1,497,128

681,406

Memory

539,535

379,554

861,012

481,809

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 1,759

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Model No

SM8850-AC

N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

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

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

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB

3.5 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

6 MB

GPU

Adreno 840

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

1.2 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

128

Total Shaders

1536

1024

FLOPS

3686.4 Gigaflops

2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

12.0

AI

NPU

Hexagon

MediaTek NPU

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

84.8 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

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

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

N/A

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 480 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

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

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD @ 240 Hz

QHD+

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

144 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

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 X85

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 12500 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3700 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.4

USB Version

3.1

N/A

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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