Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 7 Gen 4
956920
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU299548786574
GPU3007051422243
Memory190452725851
UX166215514698
NanoReview Score9569203449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1352
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4164
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression189 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser115 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering160.7 MP/secn/a
Background Blur15.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing37.7 frames/sn/a
Image Detection84.7 frames/sn/a
HDR128.2 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing5.12 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 4000
Instruction set ARMv9-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 722 n/a
Architecture Adreno 700 n/a
GPU Frequency n/a 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 512 n/a
FLOPS n/a 5315 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 Yes MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz n/a
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 33.6 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 4.0
- 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
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7750-AB n/a

Results

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

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