Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
3000 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
16 MB
Process
4 nm
3 nm
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 735
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.4
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
12.1
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
85.3 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
-
100 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.4
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,490,645
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
2,019
3,781
Geekbench 6
5,570
12,189
FP32 (float)
1,689
5,376