Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 7 Gen 3
817003
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU263765786574
GPU2611551422243
Memory137609725851
UX154474514698
NanoReview Score8170033449366
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
n/a
Graphics Test35 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression164.1 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/secn/a
Background Blur12 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing29.6 frames/sn/a
Image Detection65.2 frames/sn/a
HDR105.1 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2630 4000
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 4 MB 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 720 n/a
Architecture Adreno 700 n/a
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 512 n/a
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 5315 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 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 2880x1800 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- 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 X63 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 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 November, 2023 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7550-AB n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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