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

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 4
2082208
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU475806786574
GPU8813111422243
Memory390065725851
UX335026514698
NanoReview Score20822083449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression293.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/secn/a
Background Blur24.1 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing63.9 frames/sn/a
Image Detection154.6 frames/sn/a
HDR217.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/secn/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 specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
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

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
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

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
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.

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