MediaTek Dimensity 9500M 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 9500M (96/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9500M

96/100
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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 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 96.0 Excellent 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 97.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
NPU theoretical performance 100 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 990 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 983039 1112833
GPU 1327484 1494722
Memory 460333 442350
Total score 3579952 3950082
UX 809096 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4210 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.3-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 10700 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 4832.2 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1716 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 11 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1408 1536
Vulkan version 1.4 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced August 2026 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 85.3 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 5333 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M 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 1x 320MP
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2540

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Vivo iQOO Neo 11 Ultra 3579952 —
Phones with Dimensity 9500M 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 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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
Samples — 79 tests
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500M 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 9500M 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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