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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Mid-range

The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 scores 3.6x higher than the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 on AnTuTu v11 (35.20 Lakhs vs 9.82 Lakhs) and is 3.3x faster in Geekbench single-core and 3.5x in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4: key differences

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 leads

  • 83% higher peak CPU clock

    4.21 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv9.3-A vs ARMv9-A

  • 2x larger L3 cache

    16 MB vs 8 MB

  • Smaller process node

    3 nm vs 4 nm

  • 11.5x more GPU compute power

    5271.5 GFLOPS vs 458.2 GFLOPS

  • Newer RAM type

    LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5, LPDDR4X

  • 67% faster RAM

    5333 MHz vs 3200 MHz

  • Newer storage standard

    UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1

  • 3.6x higher AnTuTu v11 score

    35.20 Lakhs vs 9.82 Lakhs

  • 3.5x faster in Geekbench multi-core

    10,280 vs 2,903

  • 3.3x faster in Geekbench single-core

    3,488 vs 1,066

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

3.6x faster
Dimensity 9500 35,19,907
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 9,81,995

Geekbench Single-Core

3.3x faster
Dimensity 9500 3,488
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 1,066

Geekbench Multi-Core

3.5x faster
Dimensity 9500 10,280
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 2,903

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Dimensity 9500 Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date
September 2025
February 2025
Chipset Class
Flagship
Mid-range
Manufacturer
MediaTek
Qualcomm
Model Number
MT6993
SM6650

CPU

Total Cores
8
8
Core Configuration
1x 4.21 GHz - C1-Ultra
3x 3.50 GHz - C1-Premium
4x 2.70 GHz - C1-Pro
1x 2.3GHz - Cortex A720
3x 2.2GHz - Cortex A720
4x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520
Max Frequency
4210 MHz
2300 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv9.3-A
ARMv9-A
Process Node
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 Cache
2 MB
1 MB
L3 Cache
16 MB
8 MB
TDP
-
5 W

GPU

GPU Name
Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
Adreno 810
GPU Frequency
1716 MHz
895 MHz
Shading Units
128
128
FLOPS
5271.5 GFLOPS
458.2 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support
Yes
No
NPU
MediaTek NPU 990
Hexagon NPU
API Support
Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5, LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency
5333 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x16-bit
2x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth
85.3 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size
24 GB
16 GB
Storage Type
UFS 4.1
UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support
320 MP
200MP
Video Capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Max Display Resolution
4K
Full HD+
Video Playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs
HEVC, AVC, VP9, AV1
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio Codecs
AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, and MP3
AAC LC, aptX Adaptive, LDAC

Connectivity

Modem
-
Snapdragon X62 5G
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
10.7 Gbps
2.9 Gbps
Upload Speed
3.5 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi
7
6E
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo

Links

Official page
Visit
Visit

Benchmark results

Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.

Dimensity 9500 Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

AnTuTu v11

Total
35,19,907
9,81,995
CPU
1,08,387
3,84,338
GPU
13,61,440
1,62,050
Memory
3,58,001
1,85,277
UX
7,82,079
2,50,330

Geekbench

Single-Core
3,488
1,066
Multi-Core
10,280
2,903

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+50 points
Dimensity 9500 98
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 48

CPU Score

+54 points
Dimensity 9500 97
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 43

GPU Score

+60 points
Dimensity 9500 98
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 38

Memory Score

+37 points
Dimensity 9500 100
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 63

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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