Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 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 855
610427
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU188722786574
GPU1725011422243
Memory108871725851
UX140333514698
NanoReview Score6104273449366
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
3013
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test18 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
930
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
2834
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression129.1 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser75.9 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering88.8 MP/secn/a
Background Blur8.79 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing27.5 frames/sn/a
Image Detection62.3 frames/sn/a
HDR91.7 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/secn/a

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 28 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 51 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 57 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 4000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 2 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 585 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 3 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 898.5 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 690 MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 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 3.0 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2018 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8150 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 the clear winner in this comparison.

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