Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
MediaTek
Launch Date
November 2022
September 2025
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8550-AB
Dimensity 9500
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X930 (Travis)
6x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A730 (Gelas)
6x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A730 (Gelas)
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
3 nm
Frequency
3200 MHz
4000 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 740
-
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1000 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
5.615 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
1280
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Connectivity
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Wi-Fi
7
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
-
16 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 320MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
MediaTek NPU 9.0
TDP
6.3 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 9500
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (3200 MHz vs 4000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (November 2022 vs September 2025)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Dimensity 9500
+98%
3950
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Dimensity 9500
+106%
10978
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3377
Dimensity 9500
+68%
5671
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1568165
Dimensity 9500
+118%
3414872
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1757044
Dimensity 9500
+114%
3760662
SiliconCat Rating
47
Ranks 47 among all SOC on our website
10
Ranks 10 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9500
