MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
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
4210 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L3 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
10.3
TDP
-
6 W

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
Adreno 650
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
670 MHz
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.4
1.1
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12.1
Execution units
-
2

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
85.3 Gb/s
44 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
MediaTek NPU 990
-
Theoretical Performance
100 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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
Max display resolution
-
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10700 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed
-
Up to 3000 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Jan 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Official page
Model number
-
SM8250-AC

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
4,011,932
810,488
Geekbench 6
3,781
1,151
Geekbench 6
12,189
3,336
FP32 (float)
5,376
1,372