Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888's 825,131 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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Summary

Release Date

Dec, 2020

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

5 nm

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 660

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

850,550

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2,136,906

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Geekbench Score

1,140/3,705

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1,725/6,860

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 825,131

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 2,136,906

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CPU

210,075

618,996

GPU

310,744

648,976

Memory

141,247

390,041

163,065

478,893

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 1,140

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 1,725

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 3,705

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 6,860

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

MediaTek

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Model No

SM8350

N/A

Manufacturing

Samsung

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (2.84 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X1 + 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A78 + 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

5 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.4-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 660

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

840 MHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

256

128

Total Shaders

768

1024

FLOPS

1290.2 Gigaflops

2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.1

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

N/A	MediaTek NPU

Image Processing Engine

Spectra 580

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

51.2 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Spectra 580

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

14-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

HD @ 960 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD @ 144 Hz

QHD+

Max External Display Resolution

UHD @ 60 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), 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 X60

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, ax 6GHz, b, g, n, n 5GHz

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

Bluetooth Version

5.2

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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