MediaTek Dimensity 8450 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
3250 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
0
L3 cache
6 MB
0
Process
4 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
Transistor count
-
10.3
TDP
-
6 W

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G720 MP7
Adreno 650
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
670 MHz
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
3.2
2.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Execution units
-
2

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
MediaTek NPU 880
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 698

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5170 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 22
Upload speed
-
Up to 3000 Mbps

Info

Announced
May 2025
Jan 2021
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Official page
Model number
-
SM8250-AC

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,675,507
810,488
Geekbench 6
1,617
1,151
Geekbench 6
6,406
3,336
FP32 (float)
2,329
1,372