MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9500, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
854884
CPU786574274580
GPU1422243237549
Memory725851154592
UX514698188163
NanoReview Score3449366854884
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3314

Processor

Architecture - 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
- 1/2.7 (Kryo Prime Cortex-A720)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo Gold Cortex-A720)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo Silver Cortex-A520)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 4000 2700
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model n/a Adreno 810
Architecture n/a Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz n/a
Execution Units n/a 2
Shader Units n/a 128
Total shader n/a 256
FLOPS 5315 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 3.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 9.0 Yes
GPU Frequency 100 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM n/a 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 2900x1300 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X62 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2025 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7635-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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