Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro 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 Gen 6 Pro

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2026

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(5.11 GHz, Dual Core + 4.03 GHz, Tri core + 3.74 GHz, 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

1.45 GHz

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Memory Type

LPDDR6

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	3,568,720 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

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

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro 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 Gen 6 Pro N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

SM8975

MT6993

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (5.11 GHz, Dual Core + 4.03 GHz, Tri core + 3.74 GHz, 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

ARMv9.4-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

L2 Cache

N/A

7 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

N/A	Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

1.45 GHz

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

128

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

4454.4 Gigaflops

5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

NPU 990

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR6

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x24 Bit

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

113.8 Gb/s

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

N/A

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2540

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

180 Hz

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

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

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

N/A	Up to 10700 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

Bluetooth Version

6.1

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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