Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
757902
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU258336786574
GPU1836691422243
Memory138904725851
UX176993514698
NanoReview Score7579023449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression154.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser81.6 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering109.9 MP/secn/a
Background Blur11.7 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing25 frames/sn/a
Image Detection55.8 frames/sn/a
HDR93 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.14 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 4000
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 n/a
Architecture Adreno 800 n/a
GPU Frequency 895 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 256 n/a
FLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS 5315 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

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

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3360x1600 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

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

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6650 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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