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Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 vs Dimensity 8500

Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
VS
Dimensity 8500
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
Dimensity 8500

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 (with Adreno 810 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 (Mali-G720 MP8). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (4)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8500
  • Performs 6.7x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 200% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 2120K vs 1041K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~68%)
  • 26% higher CPU clock speed (3400 vs 2700 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
vs
Dimensity 8500

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1041898
Dimensity 8500 +104%
2120347
CPU 416505 649177
GPU 187783 633638
Memory 160701 376271
UX 276909 461261
Total score 1041898 2120347
Samples [35 tests] [81 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 164 MB/sec 279.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 87.3 pages/sec 201 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 115.8 Mpixels/sec 223.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 62.8 images/sec 136.2 images/sec
HDR 97.4 Mpixels/sec 224 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 24.3 images/sec
Photo processing 26.3 images/sec 70.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.46 Mpixels/sec 7.64 Mpixels/sec
Samples 15 tests 18 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 9.07 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 4.32 images/sec 10.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.56 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.8 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 18.7 Gpixels/sec 46.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 687.8 FPS 2219.4 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 13 tests 17 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 4058
Stability - 77%

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14468 -
Video editing score 7782 -
Data manipulation score 11271 -
Photo editing score 22069 -
Writing score 17239 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 -> ReservedMold725AnTuTu 121049826
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Solaris.)AnTuTu 121049149
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Techdude98)AnTuTu 121026089
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 -> ReservedMold725AnTuTu 11967362
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 -> ReservedMold725AnTuTu 11941538
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Litegrey)AnTuTu 122216950
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Bipper)AnTuTu 122325053
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Zarko)AnTuTu 122369277
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> NexxG96AnTuTu 122231936
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> NexxG96AnTuTu 112108794
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 and Dimensity 8500

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.7 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)		 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2700 MHz 3400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 6 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 810 Mali-G720 MP8
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 5th gen
GPU frequency 895 MHz 1508 MHz
Pipelines 2 8
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 256 1024
FLOPS 458.2 Gigaflops 3088.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek NPU 880

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 2900 x 1300 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced August 2025 January 2026
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM7635-AC MT6899Z_A/TZA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 official site MediaTek Dimensity 8500 official site

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Comments

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SkyFX March 25, 2026 at 08:45 AM
Qualcomm's mid-range stuff is absolutely abysmal. SD 7SG4 are in phones that costs the same (or more) than the 8400/8500, with not even half the power. The 7 series has been behind for 2 years now. And if 7+G4 did come out, it would be weaker than the SD 8SG4, which is equal to the D8500. 7+G4 would already be very inferior on arrival in other words. If you want something from Qualcomm that's matching in power to MTK, it's 100€ extra - which is a lot if you're looking in the 300-400$ segment (25-33.3% more). Sad to see the 7 series fading out in such a state and be budget-class chips, such a shame really. Hopefully Qualcomm takes some notes from MediaTek and releases something better and cheaper.
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kjs April 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
thank you silverwolf
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Mef April 20, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Think that MediaTek realised first that people now expect at east 5 years of updates on a midrange android phone.
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s carpenter September 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Mef, It's becoming a legal requirement in Europe that's phone must offer so many years of updates, so even budget new devices get at least 5 years of updates.
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