MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
4210 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L3 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
28 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Transistor count
-
1
TDP
-
6 W

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
Adreno 505
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
450 MHz
Shading units
128
48
Vulkan version
1.4
1.0
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11
Execution units
-
1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
85.3 Gb/s
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AI

NPU
MediaTek NPU 990
-
Theoretical Performance
100 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 21MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 536
Max display resolution
-
1920 x 1200

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 4
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10700 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed
-
Up to 75 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Low end
Official page
Model number
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MSM8937

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
4,011,932
135,324
Geekbench 6
3,781
206
Geekbench 6
12,189
832
FP32 (float)
5,376
43