MediaTek Dimensity 8550 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 8550 (75/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 75)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 69)
MediaTek Dimensity 8550
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8550

75/100
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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 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 75.0 Good 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 69.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 612932 1112833
GPU 952016 1494722
Memory 394012 442350
Total score 2429134 3950082
UX 470174 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3400 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 5170 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X85
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Samples Less than 3 79 tests
API — Vulkan
Asset compression — 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR — 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing — 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12 12.1
FLOPS 3088.4 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1508 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 8 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced May 2026 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6899, MT6899Z_T/TZA SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 8550 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 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 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Oppo Reno 16 Pro 5G (Global) 2429134 —
Phones with Dimensity 8550 AnTuTu v11 —
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

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date — Benchmark
📘 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

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