Product Compare
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro | 4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
| Frequency | 4210 MHz | 2450 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | |
| Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| Transistor count | 3 | |
| TDP | 9 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Adreno 540 |
| GPU frequency | 1750 MHz | 739 MHz |
| Shading units | 128 | 384 |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 11 |
| Execution units | 1 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | MediaTek NPU 990 | |
| Theoretical Performance | 100 TOPS | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3 | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 682 | |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 16 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 10700 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2025 | Nov 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | Official Link ↗ |
| Model number | MSM8998 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 4011932 | 339384 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 3781 | 415 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 12189 | 1519 |
| FP32 (float) | 5376 | 567 |