MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 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 9500s (89/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 89)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 92)
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9500s

89/100
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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 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 89.0 Very Good 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 92.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 896417 1112833
GPU 1062397 1494722
Memory 451911 442350
Total score 3032039 3950082
UX 621314 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3730 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Download speed Up to 7300 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

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 374.1 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 37.9 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.22 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 25 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.29 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.65 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 267.6 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 259.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.94 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 231.8 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 301.7 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 3653.8 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 86.8 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 10 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 22 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 72.9 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 4952.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1612 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 12 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1536 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced January 2026 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6991Z/SCZB, MT6991Z/ECZB SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 9500s official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 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 9500s 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, 3x 36MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
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

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-08-04(Zamm 8s) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-09->ja_krasavchik GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-08-15(.) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-15(Crimson) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-15(Negodnik217) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-22(Altamash) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-23(KotGrom) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-24(Anonymoua) 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 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 Max 3100039 —
2.Oppo Reno 16 Pro 5G (China) 3079298 —
3.Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max 3032039 —
4.Oppo Find X9s 2884942 —
Phones with Dimensity 9500s 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 9500s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Dimensity 9500s 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

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