Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2's 1,611,015 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Summary

Release Date

Nov, 2022

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(3.2 GHz, Single Core + 2.8 GHz, Dual core + 2.8 GHz, Dual core + 2 GHz, Tri core)

Octa core

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

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Adreno 740

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,611,015

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3,568,720

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Geekbench Score

2,023/5,564

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3,452/10,279

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1,611,015

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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CPU

387,339

1,026,478

GPU

613,431

1,388,119

Memory

306,362

391,828

303,883

762,295

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 2,023

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5,564

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

SM8550-AB

MT6993

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.2 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X3 + 2.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A715 + 2.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A710 + 2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A510)

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

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

1 MB

7 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB

16 MB

GPU

Adreno 740

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

680 MHz

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

128

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

2089 Gigaflops

5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

NPU 990

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.2 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

67.2 Gb/s

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Spectra

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

18-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

320 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

Face detection, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Bokeh Effect

N/A

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

HD @ 960 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

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

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD

N/A

Max External Display Resolution

UHD

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

180 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

Modem Name

Snapdragon X70

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 10700 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

5.3

6.0

USB Version

3.1

N/A

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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