Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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 Gen 6

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2026

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(5 GHz, Dual Core + 3.63 GHz, Hexa 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

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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 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 Gen 6 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

SM8950

MT6993

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (5 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

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

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

L2 Cache

12 MB

7 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB

16 MB

GPU

Adreno

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

1.2 GHz

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

128

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

3686.4 Gigaflops

5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

NPU 990

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

84.8 Gb/s

85.3 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

Max Video Capture Resolution

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 On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2540 @ 240 Hz

N/A

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 @ 30,60 FPS

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

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

Connectivity

Modem Name

Qualcomm 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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