Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 475806 | 786574 |
| GPU | 881311 | 1422243 |
| Memory | 390065 | 725851 |
| UX | 335026 | 514698 |
| NanoReview Score | 2082208 | 3449366 |
| File Compression | 293.2 MB/s | n/a |
| HTML5 Browser | 196.7 pages/s | n/a |
| PDF Rendering | 221.6 MP/sec | n/a |
| Background Blur | 24.1 frames/s | n/a |
| Photo Processing | 63.9 frames/s | n/a |
| Image Detection | 154.6 frames/s | n/a |
| HDR | 217.4 MP/sec | n/a |
| Ray Tracing | 8.01 MP/sec | n/a |
Processor
| Architecture | - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4 - 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720 - 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 - 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720 |
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis) - 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas) |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3210 | 4000 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | n/a |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 16 MB |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 3 nm |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Adreno 825 | n/a |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | n/a |
| GPU Frequency | 1150 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution Units | 2 | n/a |
| Shader Units | 512 | n/a |
| Total shader | 1024 | n/a |
| FLOPS | 2355.2 GFLOPS | 5315 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | n/a |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | n/a |
| DirectX | 12 | n/a |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Hexagon | MediaTek NPU 9.0 |
| GPU Frequency | n/a | 100 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 4800 MHz | n/a |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 76.8 Gbit/s | n/a |
| Max RAM | 24 GB | n/a |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | UFS 4.0 | - UFS 4.0 - UFS 4.1 |
| Max. resolution | 3840x2160 pixels | n/a |
| Camera | 1x320 pixels | 1x320 pixels |
| Video recording | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video quality | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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 | April, 2025 yr | September, 2025 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | SM8735 | n/a |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 3