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MediaTek Dimensity 8550

MediaTek Dimensity 8550
MediaTek Dimensity 8550 is a SmartPhone Mid range platform from MediaTek. It began to be released in May 2026. And it also has a maximum frequency of Up to 3.4GHz. 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
System Level Cache (SLC)
5MB
Model Name
MediaTek Dimensity 8550
Architecture
1x Arm Cortex-A725 @ 3.4GHz + 3x Arm Cortex-A725 @ 3.2GHz + 4x Arm Cortex-A725 @ 2.2GHz
Cores
Octa (8)
Frequency
Up to 3.4GHz

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Arm Mali-G720 MC8
Max display resolution
WQHD+

Connectivity

Cellular specific functions
5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback, Smart Network Suite 3.0, Subway Mode 2.0, DSDA 2.0
Cellular technologies
5G-Adv, 3GPP-R16, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD / TDD, 4G FDD / TDD, TD-SCDMA, EDGE, GSM
Downlink functions
FR1 LB DL 4x4 MIMO, 3CC up to 220MHz
Download speed
Up to 5.17Gbps
Modem power saving technologies
R16 UL Enhancement, MediaTek UltraSave 3.0+
Uplink functions
256QAM FR1 UL 2CC, FDD UL TxD
Wi-Fi antenna
2T2R
4G support
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
5G support
5G-Adv, Sub-6GHz (FR1), SA / NSA, 5G-CA
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.4
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Navigation
GPS L1CA+L5+L1C, BeiDou B1I+B1C+B2a, Glonass L1OF, Galileo E1+E5a, QZSS L1CA+L5, NavIC L5

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
9600Mbps
Memory Bus
4ch

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
1MB + 3x 512KB + 4x 256KB
L3 cache
6MB
Max camera resolution
320MP; 3x 32MP @ 30FPS
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
Video codecs
Encode: H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC); Decode: H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), VP-9, AV1
Video playback
4K @ 60FPS
Video capture
4K60 (3840 x 2160)
Display refresh rate
Up to 144Hz
Dual display support
Dual screen support (dual DSI)
AI features
LLM Booster, Google Gemini Nano V3 support, Diffusion Transformer support, NeuroPilot hardware compression, mixed-precision INT4 quantization, speculative decoding support
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Geekbench 6

Single Core
1611
Multi Core
6402

AnTuTu 10

1833453

Compared to Other SoC

50%
60%
84%
Better then 50% SOC over the past year
Better then 60% SOC over the past 3 years
Better then 84% SOC

SiliconCat Rating

42
Ranks 42 among all SOC on our website
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4217
Dimensity 8550
MediaTek, May 2026
1611
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1020
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HiSilicon, June 2019
774
Helio G81
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416
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
Apple, October 2025
15421
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MediaTek, May 2026
6402
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2865
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1992
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1347
AnTuTu 10
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3525943
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MediaTek, May 2026
1833453
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918593
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