MediaTek Dimensity 1050 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 1050 (33/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 33)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 30)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 33.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 30.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 1 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 89% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 550 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 179069 1112833
GPU 42439 1494722
Memory 156283 442350
Total score 508442 3950082
UX 130651 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2500 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
Download speed Up to 2770 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 1250 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 115.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 6.46 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.53 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.08 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 78.7 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 68.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 47.9 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 88 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 309.6 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 24.7 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.21 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 79 tests
Stereo matching 4.5 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 384 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced May 2022 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6879 SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 1050 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -MediaTek Dimensity 7030 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Max bandwidth — 84.8 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 9649 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 27209 40273
Video editing score 6710 8052
Web score 11781 16855
Writing score 16191 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-05-21(Naptec13) AnTuTu —
📘 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

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 1050 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Motorola Edge (2022) 668004 —
Phones with Dimensity 1050 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

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