Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Mediatek Dimensity 8500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Adreno 825 GPU, while the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Arm Mali-G720 MC8 GPU.
Why MediaTek Dimensity 8500 is better than Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
- 6% Faster CPU clock speed (3400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Released 9 months later - (January 2026 vs April 2025)
Performance Scores
CPU score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
75
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
72
GPU score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
84
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
84
Memory score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
96
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
95
Total score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
85
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
84
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 +14%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2,109,129
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
2,407,614
| CPU | 481,122 | 709,591 |
| GPU | 896,723 | 762,021 |
| MEM | 390,012 | 409,017 |
| UX | 341,272 | 526,985 |
| TOTAL | 2,109,129 | 2,407,614 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +25%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2,160
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1,728
Multi-Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +3%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6,989
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
6,762
| Single-Core | 2,160 | 1,728 |
| Multi-Core | 6,989 | 6,762 |
General
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 |
| Launch Date | April 2025 | January 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | SM8735 | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4 3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720 |
1x 3.40 GHz - Cortex-A725 3x 3.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 4x 2.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3200 MHz | 3400 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | - | - |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 4nm |
| TDP | - | - |
GPU
| GPU Name | Adreno 825 | Arm Mali-G720 MC8 |
| GPU Frequency | 1150 | 1300 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | Hexagon NPU | MediaTek NPU 880 |
| Shading Units | 512 | 128 |
| Compute Performance | 2.35 TFLOPS | 2.32 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 1x 320 MP | 320MP |
| Video Capture | 4K @ 60FPS 1080p @ 480FPS |
4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS | 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
| Display Support | WQHD+ @ 144 Hz | 2960 x 1440 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 5G | 3GPP Release 16 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | 4.2 Gbps | Up to 5.17 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.5 Gbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |