Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's 2,186,467 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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Summary

Release Date

Oct, 2023

Apr, 2026

CPU

Octa core

(3.3 GHz, Single Core + 3.15 GHz, Tri core + 2.96 GHz, Dual core + 2.27 GHz, Dual core)

Octa core

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

Process Node

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 750

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

2,186,467

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2,217,003

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Geekbench Score

2,303/7,376

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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 Gen 3 2,186,467

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 2,217,003

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CPU

478,540

674,234

GPU

896,091

681,406

Memory

433,332

379,554

378,540

481,809

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,303

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 1,759

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7,376

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Model No

SM8650-AB

N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X4 + 3.15 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 + 2.96 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720 + 2.27 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A520)

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

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

1 MB

3.5 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB

6 MB

GPU

Adreno 750

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

1 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

256

128

Total Shaders

1536

1024

FLOPS

2774 Gigaflops

2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

12.0

AI

NPU

Hexagon

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD

QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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

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 X75

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ad, ax, b, be, e

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

Bluetooth Version

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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