MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 800U (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 31)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 25)
MediaTek Dimensity 800U
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 800U

31/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 31.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 25.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 2 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 99% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
NPU theoretical performance 2.4 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 214860 1112833
GPU 60564 1494722
Memory 124551 442350
Total score 562447 3950082
UX 162472 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.1 6.0
Download speed Up to 2770 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 1250 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Call of Duty: Mobile 47 FPS[Medium] —
Device Oppo Realme 7 5G1080 x 2400 —
Fortnite 28 FPS[Low] —
Genshin Impact 35 FPS[Low] —
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 55 FPS[Ultra] —
PUBG Mobile 44 FPS[Ultra] —
Shadowgun Legends 39 FPS[Ultra] —
World of Tanks Blitz 51 FPS[Ultra] —

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 98.1 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 5.26 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.14 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.5 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.08 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 59.3 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 49.2 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 36.8 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 56.6 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 302.6 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 11 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.64 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 45 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 5.33 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 163.2 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 850 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 32 512
Total shaders 96 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced August 2020 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6853T SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 800U official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17.07 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3 - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 7073 15949
Photo editing score 13097 40273
Video editing score 5544 8052
Web score 5081 16855
Writing score 7692 26073
Phones tested — 13 models

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-09(Biki) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 800U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

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