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MediaTek Dimensity 8500
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 is a SmartPhone Mid range platform from MediaTek. It began to be released in January 2026. The SoC has 8 cores produced using 4 nm technology. And it also has a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
Basic
Label Name
MediaTek
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Launch Date
January 2026
Manufacturing
TSMC
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Cores
8
Technology
4 nm
Frequency
3400 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G720 MP8
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Shading units
128
OpenCL version
3.2
Vulkan version
1.3
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Geekbench 6
Single Core
1745
Multi Core
6694
AnTuTu 10
2431690
Compared to Other SoC
57%
68%
87%
Better then 68% SOC over the past 3 years
Better then 87% SOC
SiliconCat Rating
34
Ranks 34 among all SOC on our website
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AnTuTu 10
