Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,136,906 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 865's 592,540 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

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Summary

Release Date

Dec, 2019

Mar, 2026

CPU

Octa core

(2.84 GHz, Single Core + 2.42 GHz, Tri core + 1.8 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

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

Process Node

7 nm

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 650

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

592,540

2,136,906

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Geekbench Score

918/3,379

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1,725/6,860

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Phones Powered by These SoCs

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 592,540

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 2,136,906

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CPU

178,779

618,996

GPU

222,778

648,976

Memory

94,444

390,041

96,539

478,893

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 918

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 1,725

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 3,379

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 6,860

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Model No

SM8250-AB

N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (2.84 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A77 + 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A77 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)

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

7 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.2-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

512 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

1 MB

3.5 MB

L3 Cache

4 MB

6 MB

GPU

Adreno 650

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

587 MHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

256

128

Total Shaders

768

1024

FLOPS

901.6 Gigaflops

2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.1

1.3

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

12.1

12.0

AI

NPU

Hexagon

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.75 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

44 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

16 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1

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 @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, 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

X55

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, g, n, n 5GHz

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

Bluetooth Version

5.1

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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