MediaTek Dimensity 8500 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Upper Mid-range

The MediaTek Dimensity 8500 leads the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 by 85% on AnTuTu v11 (24.08 Lakhs vs 13.01 Lakhs) and is 56% faster in Geekbench single-core and 2.3x in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 does better: 33% larger L3 cache (8 MB vs 6 MB).

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2: key differences

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 leads

17% higher peak CPU clock

3.4 GHz vs 2.91 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
2.2x more GPU compute power

2662.4 GFLOPS vs 1187 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
50% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1
85% higher AnTuTu v11 score

24.08 Lakhs vs 13.01 Lakhs
2.3x faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,762 vs 2,933
56% faster in Geekbench single-core

1,728 vs 1,109

Where the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 leads

33% larger L3 cache

8 MB vs 6 MB

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+85% faster

Dimensity 8500 24,07,614

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 13,01,013

Geekbench Single-Core

+56% faster

Dimensity 8500 1,728

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 1,109

Geekbench Multi-Core

2.3x faster

Dimensity 8500 6,762

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 2,933

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Dimensity 8500 Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Overview

Launch Date: January 2026; March 2023
Chipset Class: Upper Mid-range; Upper Mid-range
Manufacturer: MediaTek; Qualcomm
Model Number: MT6899; SM7475-AB

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.40 GHz - Cortex-A725
3x 3.20 GHz - Cortex-A725
4x 2.20 GHz - Cortex-A725; 1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex X2
3x 2.49 GHz - Cortex A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510
Max Frequency: 3400 MHz; 2910 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 4nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: -; 2 MB
L3 Cache: 6 MB; 8 MB
TDP: -; 6 W

GPU

GPU Name: Arm Mali-G720 MC8; Adreno 725
GPU Frequency: 1300 MHz; 580 MHz
Shading Units: 128; 512
FLOPS: 2662.4 GFLOPS; 1187 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: MediaTek NPU 880; Hexagon NPU
API Support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3; Vulkan 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x 16-bit; 2x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.0; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 4K at 60FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Max Display Resolution: WQHD+; QHD+
Video Playback: 4K at 60FPS; 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

Connectivity

Modem: -; Snapdragon X62 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 5.17 Gbps; 4.4 Gbps
Upload Speed: 1.25 Gbps; 1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 6E; 6E
Bluetooth: 6.0; 5.3
Navigation: NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS; GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC