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MediaTek Dimensity 6500

MediaTek Dimensity 6500
MediaTek Dimensity 6500 is a SmartPhone Mid range platform from MediaTek. It began to be released in May 2026. The SoC has Octa (8) cores produced using 6 nm technology. And it also has a maximum frequency of Up to 2.6GHz. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
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Basic

Label Name
MediaTek
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Launch Date
May 2026
Model Name
MediaTek Dimensity 6500
Architecture
2x Arm Cortex-A76 @ 2.6GHz + 6x Arm Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz
Cores
Octa (8)
Technology
6 nm
Frequency
Up to 2.6GHz

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Arm Mali-G57 MC2
GPU frequency
Up to 1.1GHz
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080

Connectivity

Cellular specific functions
SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD Band, NR FDD Band, DSS, NR DL 2CC, 140 MHz bandwidth, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, 256QAM VoNR, Dual VoNR, Dual 5G SIM, EPS fallback
Cellular technologies
2G / 3G / 4G / 5G Multi-Mode, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), 5G Carrier Aggregation (CA), EDGE, 4G FDD / TDD, 5G FDD / TDD, GSM, TD-SCDMA
Downlink functions
NR DL 2CC, 140 MHz bandwidth, 8-layer DL MIMO
Download speed
3.3Gbps
Modem power saving technologies
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+
Uplink functions
256QAM NR UL 2CC
Wi-Fi antenna
1T1R
4G support
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
5G support
5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.2 + Long Range
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac)
Navigation
GPS L1CA+L5, BeiDou B1I+B2a, Glonass L1OF, Galileo E1+E5a, QZSS L1CA+L5, NavIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR4x
Memory frequency
2133MHz

Miscellaneous

Max camera resolution
Native 108MP; 16MP + 16MP
Storage type
UFS 2.2
Display refresh rate
Up to 120Hz

Geekbench 6

Single Core
845
Multi Core
2143

FP32 (float)

141

Compared to Other SoC

5%
13%
47%
Better then 5% SOC over the past year
Better then 13% SOC over the past 3 years
Better then 47% SOC

SiliconCat Rating

146
Ranks 146 among all SOC on our website
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