Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 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 6s Gen 3
453329
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU147463786574
GPU876171422243
Memory92706725851
UX125543514698
NanoReview Score4533293449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
940
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
2115
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression107 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser56.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering82.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur5.26 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing22.3 frames/sn/a
Image Detection42.4 frames/sn/a
HDR66.7 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing2.88 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 4000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 4 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 619 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 256 n/a
FLOPS 460.8 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 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 12 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
- 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 Snapdragon X51 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1500 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 June, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6375-AC n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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