MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Frequency
4210 MHz
2960 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L3 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
—
512 KB
L2 cache
—
0
Transistor count
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6.7
TDP
—
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
Adreno 640
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
675 MHz
Shading units
128
384
Vulkan version
1.4
1.1
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12.1
Execution units
—
2
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
85.3 Gb/s
34.13 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
MediaTek NPU 990
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Theoretical Performance
100 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Hexagon 690
Max display resolution
—
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10700 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed
—
Up to 1240 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Apr 2019
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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SM8150-AC
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
4,011,932
636,716
Geekbench 6
3,781
996
Geekbench 6
12,189
2,569
FP32 (float)
5,376
1,036
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.