Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 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 685
348982
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU116467786574
GPU437281422243
Memory109871725851
UX78916514698
NanoReview Score3489823449366
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
n/a
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test3 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression100 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/secn/a
Background Blur3.44 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing11 frames/sn/a
Image Detection17 frames/sn/a
HDR52 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 4000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 1 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 128 n/a
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 5315 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 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 Hexagon 686 MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz n/a
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 8 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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem X11 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 the clear winner in this comparison.

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