Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 870
819661
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU237856786574
GPU2815351422243
Memory125373725851
UX174897514698
NanoReview Score8196613449366
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
n/a
Stability90 %n/a
Graphics Test25 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression148.4 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur10.8 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing28.3 frames/sn/a
Image Detection72.7 frames/sn/a
HDR102.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/secn/a

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 4000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 10.3 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 650 n/a
Architecture Adreno 600 n/a
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 3 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 1029.1 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 698 MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 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 X55 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AC n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 the clear winner in this comparison.

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