Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 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 Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

Sep, 2026

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

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

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Adreno 840

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR6

AnTuTu Score

4,026,656

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N/A

Geekbench Score

3,733/11,407

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N/A

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vivo X500 Pro Max

Score: N/A

OPPO Find X10 Pro Max

Score: N/A

vivo X500 Pro

Score: N/A

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 9600 Pro N/A

CPU

1,135,707

N/A

GPU

1,497,128

N/A

Memory

539,535

N/A

861,012

N/A

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 9600 Pro N/A

Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro N/A

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

N/A

Process Node

3 nm

N/A

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

N/A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB

N/A

L3 Cache

16 MB

GPU

Adreno 840

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

GPU Clock speed

1.2 GHz

N/A

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

512

N/A

Total Shaders

1536

N/A

FLOPS

3686.4 Gigaflops

N/A

Vulkan Version

1.4

N/A

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

N/A

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

Hexagon

MediaTek NPU

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR6

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

10.667 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

N/A

Memory Max bandwidth

84.8 Gb/s

N/A

Memory Max size

24 GB

N/A

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 5.0

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

N/A

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 480 FPS

UHD @ 240 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD @ 240 Hz

QHD+ @ 180 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

180 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, VP8, VP9, APV

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

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

N/A

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X85

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 12500 Mbps

N/A

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3700 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

6.2

USB Version

3.1

N/A

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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