Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.6GHz Clock
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.21GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Adreno 840
3.69 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 1716MHz
5.27 TFLOPS FP32
GB6S 3,835
94%
GB6S 3,665
90%
GB6M 12,350
46%
GB6M 11,015
41%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
MediaTek
Architecture
Oryon 3
Architecture
ARMv9.3-A
Family
8 Series
Family
Dimensity
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Codename
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
P-Core
Pegasus-P
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E-Core
Pegasus-E
Codename
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P-Core
C1-Ultra
M-Core
C1-Premium
E-Core
C1-Pro
Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
9/24/2025
Release Date
9/22/2025
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
N3E
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Node
N3P
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Die Size
126 mm²
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Die Size
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
30 Billion
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Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
2 P-Cores
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6 E-Cores
8 Cores
1 P-Cores
3 M-Cores
4 E-Cores
8 Threads
2 P-Threads
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6 E-Threads
8 Threads
1 P-Threads
3 M-Cores
4 E-Threads
P-Core
4.6GHz
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P-Core
4.21GHz
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M-Core
3.5GHz
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E-Core
3.62GHz
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E-Core
2.7GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
64KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/M-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
64KB/P-Core
2-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
128KB/M-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L2
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12MB Shared
12-way set associative
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12MB Shared (E-Core)
12-way set associative
L2
2048KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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1024KB/M-Core
8-way set associative
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512KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L3
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16MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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8MB SLC Cache
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10MB SLC Cache
Channels
4
Channels
4
Max Memory
24GB
Max Memory
24GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
5300MHz
Transfer Rate
10600MT/s
Clock
5334MHz
Transfer Rate
10667MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.2GB/s
Bandwidth
84.8GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
85.3GB/s
TDP
5W
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19W Peak
TDP
Unknown
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18W Peak
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Adreno 840
1536 Shaders
1200MHz
3.69 TFLOPS FP32
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 1716MHz
1536 Shaders
1716MHz
5.27 TFLOPS FP32
Hexagon
MediaTek NPU 990
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ISP
Spectra
ISP
MediaTek Imagiq 1090 Photo: 320MP Video: 8K30 HDR, 4K60 HDR
Modem
Qualcomm
X85
5G mmWave
Modem
MediaTek
MT 5G mmWave R3
5G mmWave
Speed
Up to 12500Mbps Download
Up to 3700Mbps Upload
Speed
Up to 10000Mbps Download
Up to 7000Mbps Upload
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