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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9500

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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Dimensity 9500
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Dimensity 9500

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (with Adreno 840 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 (Mali-G1 Ultra MP12). 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 (142)

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • 13% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 4210 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 5%) AnTuTu 11 score – 3950K vs 3760K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9500
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • Higher GPU frequency (~32%)
  • Performs 32% better in floating-point computations
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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Dimensity 9500

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 1112833 1048345
GPU 1494722 1432351
Memory 442350 476680
UX 900177 803286
Total score 3950082 3760662
Samples [283 tests] [119 tests]
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 397.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 292.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 328.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 234.3 images/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 328.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 40.9 images/sec
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 109.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 10.3 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 29 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 51.9 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 26.1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.78 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 1.31 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 1.68 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 91.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 3324.6 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 50 tests 14 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 2737 3119
Stability 67% 57%
Graphics test 20 FPS 23 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 12156 13319
Graphics test 46 FPS 51 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 55 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS 52 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS 43 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 6490 -
Graphics test 38 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 31126 14375
Video editing score 8963 5995
Data manipulation score 19422 12159
Photo editing score 62111 34571
Writing score 40875 22695
Phones tested 13 models 4 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (fastboot)AnTuTu 124280996
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (inst1dy)AnTuTu 114248808
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Π₯Π°Π½)AnTuTu 124092547
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Kapernax)AnTuTu 124057598
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 GPU16267
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MediaTek Dimensity 9500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Elvin)AnTuTu 113330144
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (SillyKilly)AnTuTu 123461876
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (ISLAH AMINE)AnTuTu 123544347
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (hi)AnTuTu 123485917
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (weipoh09)AnTuTu 123319530
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.74 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime
6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance		 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra
3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium
4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4740 MHz 4210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.3-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 9 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 840 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 5th gen
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1716 MHz
Pipelines 3 12
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1536 1536
FLOPS 3993.6 Gigaflops 5271.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 1.4
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
NPU theoretical performance - 100 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 -
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- 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 X85 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2025 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD MT6993
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site MediaTek Dimensity 9500 official site

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
7740 (49.1%)
8035 (50.9%)
Total votes: 15775

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Comments

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Dude September 11, 2026 at 04:48 AM
D9500 clearly beat SD 8 Elite Gen 5 interms of raw performance on benchmark but Dimensity always been trap in only on play store biggest games title while SD 8 Elite Gen 5 got a dev community support especially on emulating a PC Steam Games. Biggest issue lies on GPU itself make more troublesome figuring out about Dimensity GPU Architecture and how it works because its close source. Dev have no idea how to make config make it work will on Dimensity especially in emulation and future mobile games; unless directly to contact Mediatek like Kuro did when their games like Wuwa mobile noturious have issue on vulkan driver on dimensity especially you tried enabled frame gen and switching vulkan api over OpenGL and they got a source code access so that they can able to do some config on it,but not everyone have kind of privilege. Overall Snapdragon flagship have always got spotlight for most mobile gamers want to used up full capability of that chipset not only on android games on play store but emulation etc....
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Randy Chan September 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The contest between Qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 5 vs Media Tek dimensity 9500 is fierce competition at it's best with no clear cut winner. You could very well flip a coin as to which to buy. For me I went with Qualcomm but that's only because Qualcomm has been around longer than Media Tek.
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Layla August 11, 2026 at 08:52 AM
i will wait for elite gen 6 vs dimensity 9600 XD
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good guy August 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Good god almighty. This comment section has already lost it, atp this dumb comment war will never end and these peeps here are already loving it! πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ SΜΆoΜΆ ΜΆdΜΆoΜΆ ΜΆIΜΆ.ΜΆ
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Incognito August 4, 2026 at 07:11 AM
Actually both the chips are so high up there that you'd barely notice any difference.
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Awa August 14, 2026 at 04:28 PM
What about emulation? I heard dimensity is worse at that than snapdragon, but I never used a dimensity phone so I don't know.
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Anonymous September 2, 2026 at 09:34 AM
Awa, Dimensity is worse not because it performs worse, but because there are little to none open source drivers for the GPUs so developers have a very hard time trying to optimize emulation for Dimensity chips.
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Bababoi July 28, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I used phones with both CPUs of these and I saw NO difference. Literally none in daily tasks and gaming. MediaTek did run slightly cooler, though. That's it. Both are great.
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Sonic July 28, 2026 at 08:32 AM
Dimensity 9500 πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
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Sam July 24, 2026 at 05:58 AM
Have Vivo Y33s with Mediatek Helio G80, it will be 5 years in November 2026, still going good.
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botn June 20, 2026 at 03:05 PM
Dont buy the Xiaomi 17T Pro, it sucks is not optimized and the battery life is bad,buy Oppo find x9 pro or OnePlus 15, Xiaomi this year screwed the Xiaomi 17T Pro its performing worse than the 15T Pro
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Gray July 17, 2026 at 05:25 PM
Bro you didn't use xiaomi bro competition the oppo bro and vivo they all beaten
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botn July 26, 2026 at 06:59 AM
Gray, 1 bro learn to write you are illiterate 2 I dont use the 17T pro anymore i gave it to my sibling,it got a bit better but i dont care anymore 3 Now i use the OnePlus 15, and is way better in terms of stabillity,battery life and kinda similar in cooling and also less small bugs
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Kaitronys July 28, 2026 at 03:18 PM
botn, Does the OnePlus support Dolby Atmos?
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Τ±Φ€Υ΄ΥΈΥΆ August 2, 2026 at 08:46 PM
Kaitronys, No, Dolby Atmos but the sound is not bad. The bass is a little weak, but not critical.
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Kaitronys August 7, 2026 at 02:13 PM
Τ±Φ€Υ΄ΥΈΥΆ, I hope so, because I am thinking about getting one.
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Srg August 16, 2026 at 03:52 PM
botn, Why not gone for the find x9 pro ?
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botn August 23, 2026 at 01:42 PM
Srg, too expensive, OnePlus 15 512/16 is 900 euro and Oppo Find x9 pro is still 1300 euro for 512/16
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Sodium May 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
50.5% vs 49.5% is so crazy
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Sensei April 15, 2026 at 08:18 PM
There's one big difference between Qualcomm and MediaTek since the last decade and it's going to stay the same. β€’ MediaTek is chasing efficiency (low power consumption with high stability). This is noticable not only in phones but in routers equipped with MediaTek processors. That's their main goal at least at the moment. β€’Now, MediaTek doesn't manufacture their own GPU, Arm mali on the other hand is an ass closed source company that doesn't releass source code for SOC insider to build something good for them, they're not only facing this on Android but on Linux as well, and it lacks compatibility compared to Snapdragon's adreno. Snapdragon CPU and GPU is much more matured and has been studied by many because it was open source. MediaTek and Arm isn't open source hence poor compatibility. β€’ Also MediaTek Dimensity is new in the game. Their CPU schedule engine (version 1) integrated in Dimensity lineup (upto Dimensity 9400+) sucks because it schedules almost everything on the bigger core ( which is only one). It kinda sucks so they changed the algorithm with the Dimensity 9500 and 9500s (which uses version 2 scheduler) β€’ Snapdragon has the heart of the emulation community. Mobile games on the other hand, MediaTek is on neck to neck with Snapdragon while consuming less power so MediaTek is ideal for mobile gamers who prioritize longer gameplay session with less power consumption. β€’ Snapdragon is known for unlocked performance amd MediaTek is known for its higher efficiency. At the end of the day it all depends on what you want. β€’ For emulation, maybe ARM will fix issues related to their GPU to combat with adreno in the future, but for now Snapdragon is far ahead in terms of emulation compatibility. Verdict: For native android games you can definitely rely on MediaTek for better efficiency and good thermals. For raw performance and emulation compatibility, definitely Snapdragon. Anyone who's interested in mobile gaming alone can go for MediaTek for solid long gameplay sessions. For championship mode either of them performs really well.
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Querty May 2, 2026 at 05:35 PM
finally an guy that knows what ge speaks
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Slash24 June 30, 2026 at 04:37 PM
You're absolutely right, 300% accurate! Snapdragon + GameHub are the true kings. They can now smoothly run many high-graphics PC games.
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Davlet93 April 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The debate is in the comments, so I'll try to settle the matter: So, these are two real competitors, and they both offer different options. Let's imagine the 9500 is a Mercedes, and the Elite Gen 5 is a BMW. The former: comfort, stability, and reliability. The latter: speed, power, and excitement. The 9500 certainly has better AI, and the Vivo has better photo and video capabilities. I played two games of PUBG in power-saving mode at a stable 120 fps and the battery only dropped 5%. The phone wasn't even warm. Meanwhile, the Elite Gen 5 runs heavy computer games on an emulator at high settings, even in Directx 12. πŸ˜„. MTK is still struggling with this, Mali has driver issues and custom drivers like the Adreno (turnip) simply aren't available and won't be In the near future, since ARM doesn't plan to change anything. If you only play Android games, the 9500 is perfectly fine, but you won't be able to run Resident Evil 8-9 or Cyberpunk on it.
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Leverall days April 14, 2026 at 03:42 AM
I think the two SoCs are not much different, it depends on how you choose. Since I am more suitable with Snapdragon, I chose that one.
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Unique April 13, 2026 at 08:17 AM
both are good on papers and you might not notice any difference but from my experiend on D9300+, i will never use Mdiatek again...
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Leverall days April 14, 2026 at 03:40 AM
Why brother? what's wrong
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Unique August 18, 2026 at 02:46 PM
Leverall days, I was playing Warzone on my Lenovo Legion (8+Gen1) without any issue then Activision stopped supporting Android 12. so I bought Iqoo Z9 Turbo+ (D9300+). the phone coudn't handle warzone, I had the same Issue I had with the google pixel 6... characher scattering on screen (falling under the map, enemy look like boxes), game crashes, the whole game UI falling apart, I check youtube and I found out many phones that house the processor have the same problem inclduing Samsung Tab, Xiaomi etc. then I Install fortnight, pixel and bad grapchis, slow and crash, I lost $120 selling the phone then I got myself Iqoo Neo10 (8Gen3), zero issue... now! no matter how power dimensity is, am not getting it..
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Jai Shree Ram April 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Both Processors are neck to neck. MediaTek use efficiency node and Snapdragon use Performance node use by TSMC to manufacture these processors.
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someone out there April 2, 2026 at 08:15 AM
Every smartphone processors are now being reevaluated and assigned their actual ranking and score. Get ready for a deep dive in ratings across the entire table of Smartphone processorsπŸ˜…
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MS Kumar March 27, 2026 at 01:12 PM
Please correct cpu score of d7500, it's 97 lakh instead of 9.7 lakh. That's why it shows green highlight
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Shishu March 24, 2026 at 04:33 PM
The reason why these mediatek fanboys became fanboys in the first place because thier phone chip is mediatek, and there is more mediatek than snapdragon because its mass produced and cheap and easy to make but with lower life span and weaker performance long term, its 2026 and people still dont see the pattern, if im wrong then why do big brand companies used the best snapdragon form thier most ultra device even though mediatek could save them cost even though you all claim its "neck to neck", before you call me unbiased i have poco x6 pro and x 7 pro which both have mediatek socs
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Meliana April 3, 2026 at 08:44 AM
What do you talking about? I've had my dimensity 9300 powered mi 14t pro for two years and it's still running well. I can still play any games at 60 fps on max, or 120 on high graphics fps games like arena breakout. Have you ever even touched a flagship MediaTek chip phone or are you just a salty snapdragon licker?
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Raad April 10, 2026 at 09:51 AM
Short answear, u loosers if u dont see an Qualcomm cip in ur 1k+ euro device u will cey ur eyes out.
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Unique April 13, 2026 at 08:23 AM
Meliana, I used Iqoo Z9Turbo+, I bought it mainly for Warzone Mobile, once I'm in the game, the Characters, weapons, buildings collaps on one and other, the same issue I had on Pixel 6 Pro, I had to sell it then buy Iqoo Neo 10 (SD8Gen3) no issue, I also had graphics issue on frontnight, when i check Youtube, Xiaomi, Samsung Tab, Oppo and every other devices that house the 9300+ has the same Graphics issue...
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Xzee April 29, 2026 at 01:24 AM
Unique, That was actually a Dimensity 9300+ issue at that time. It happened on each device equipped with 9300+. 9400+ is excellent, 9500s also good and very affordable. That particular issue was warzone issue and they even stopped development because the game sucks. They're now integrating warzone features into codm which caused same glitches for most users. MediaTek Dimensity right now is better price/performance you'll ever get. I'll still buy 9500s or even 9400+ at a cheaper price which can play every game available at ultra graphics.
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Alqasemota April 29, 2026 at 08:40 AM
Unique, My main device is realme neo 7 equiqqed with the Dimensity 9300+ soc, in warzone mobile there no any problem with stable gaming experience, i think the issue from the iqoo z9 turbo plus.
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Nizek June 5, 2026 at 01:19 PM
So by the same logic you're saying the reason why Snapdragon Fanboys became Fanboys is because they use Snapdragon? Lol this is the weakest come back I've seen on this site. MediaTek is actually good. When you hate something you don't say anything good about it that's all. In real life MediaTek have better thermals and much more stability in gaming from my personal experience. If you're talking about PC and switch emulation then that's where MediaTek syncs. For native gaming it's actually better. ZZZZ was freezing on Snapdragon 8 elite gen 5 in a video I saw now I'm reconsidering whether to buy it or not
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Arco August 2, 2026 at 03:05 AM
Then why not buy SD. ?? Mediatek lifespan Depends on what brand/Processor series you choose. Bro hate Mediatek becuase you're stuck with 8000s You're definitely day dreaming (SD) if you're that destitute just tell us try prooving that series Poco is for affordability before X8 was release following after a month price hike. BeingFanboy To opinion other brand is no problem. But You just drank to much ironic without even understanding what you're saying.
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The_Dark March 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The dimensity 9500 is way cheaper and could be found in cheaper phones then the snapdragon 8 elite gen 5
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Querty March 14, 2026 at 05:23 PM
nah,till Xiaomi releases the Xiaomi 17T Pro most of the others mtk 9500 phones cost the same or more than the ones with 8 elite gen 5
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Viktor May 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Querty , Didn't you consider the Leica Collab which makes the price expensive?
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Nobody June 3, 2026 at 09:22 PM
Viktor, I'm thinking he diid not, because the 17T cost almost the same as the base 17 in germany.
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Querty July 26, 2026 at 07:01 AM
Nobody, Here in east europe it costs like 720 euro for the 512/12, is not my fault bro ur rich country has to pay rich price for normal stuff
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Bivash March 7, 2026 at 01:53 PM
I recently buy vivo x300 what a wonderfull performance πŸ”₯
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Mei February 21, 2026 at 08:49 AM
Why you guys argue?, it's already 2026 u know? Just buy and use both, is it that hard to do? Im currently using the dimensity 9400 on my Oppo find x8 and 8 elite (gen4) on OnePlus pad 3, the difference? In benchmark yes.. in real life, gaming and daily usage, I didn't notice anything at all, get a life please or use both at least
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Max March 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Try emulation gaming and you'll see Snapdragon is superior
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ggh March 14, 2026 at 05:29 PM
Max, yeah bro u and the other 10 people in this world are buying phones to use it on emulators πŸ’”
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RandomAccessMemory February 11, 2026 at 01:55 AM
Snapdragon should upgrade their GPU(not reducing the pipeline to 3. It was from 6 pipelines from 8 gen 3) MediaTek Should Upgrade their CPU(not overclocking it every single time)
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Okazii March 14, 2026 at 05:31 PM
wow,I hope you don't become an SoC engineer,cuz u know 0 things abt it
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jruddigon February 4, 2026 at 04:34 AM
Why is everyone constantly fighting in the comments πŸ˜‚ I can't imagine how some of y'all must look with all your extremely raised cortisol (and subsequently, oxidative stress) levels. Balding? Shrunk? Beer belly? No partner? It's fine because you have your beloved Dimensity / Snapdragon, right? Right?! I'm lucky I have good genes.
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hdhj February 4, 2026 at 05:38 PM
Sinces u write comments on this dumb website,what you assumed about your genes is totally false now. Atleast learn to lie better since ur profile has an history of comments+ur a random no face no name no identity.
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jruddigon July 31, 2026 at 05:48 AM
hdhj, Damn, why'd you come with all the rage πŸ˜‚ hit dogs holler for sure
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jruddigon July 31, 2026 at 05:49 AM
hdhj, "Sinces" "website,what" "Atleast" "an history" girl please speak in actual English to me, not this broken shit.
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jruddigon July 31, 2026 at 05:49 AM
hdhj, Please learn to speak in proper grammar and actual English. I don't care what you have to say if you write stuff like "Sinces", "website,what", "Atleast". Also brave of you to assume I'm lying πŸ˜‚
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random July 31, 2026 at 06:22 AM
hdhj, Why are you getting offended bro, hit dogs holler as they say
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the Chipset warrior July 31, 2026 at 06:24 AM
hdhj, I just checked his comments - how does that prove he was lying and what do you mean 'what you assumed about your genes'? They're his genes? You're looking pretty silly right now
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good guy August 8, 2026 at 04:59 AM
jruddigon, Sorry to break it up to you but that hdhf guy is right, y'know. Also, typing multiple replies especially replies from your alternate accounts actually shows and proves how mad and provoked you really are. Damn the irony of your own comment here though πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
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jruddigon August 20, 2026 at 04:21 AM
good guy, No actually, he's not right. Explain to me how he's "right'. Oh wait, you can't because there's nothing to base that off. Plus, I'm still better looking than y'all incels.
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Ruthvik sanka January 29, 2026 at 06:48 PM
These processors are literally neck to neck.
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Y Fie B January 25, 2026 at 06:37 AM
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is more powerful than Mediatek Dimensity 9500, but Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro will be the most powerful Sytem on Chip that reaching 5 GHz clockspeed or more for the main cores, the fastest so far in a mobile device. This will be revolutionizing mobile performance that can rival entry level laptop. Y Fie B Wi-Fi Boys, the legendary trio friendship (Elmer, Ronald and Radel) who develops Wi-Fi 8 series technology that will be added to Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets. This will enable fastest wireless connectivity for application of Internet Of Things to control smart devices or equipment.
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Sandhbhog March 5, 2026 at 09:46 AM
AI slop πŸ’€πŸ˜­ snapdraon fanboy
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JiG June 2, 2026 at 01:53 PM
Sandhbhog, accept at Dimensity 9500 single core 3100-3300 multi core 9500-10450 max Ray Tracing 10.1 Mpixels/sec Geekbench GPU 26000-27000 While Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 single core 3834 multi core 12658 max Ray Tracing 14.7 Mpixels/sec Geekbench GPU 33000 max and Dimensity 9500 Stability at 46.8% Snapdragon 8 Elite Stability at 60.3%
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Idk June 28, 2026 at 06:27 PM
Sandhbhog, Not everyone have the same taste dude let them buy what they want dude
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Frank January 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM
It's good thing for mediatek
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Jsph January 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
If you bought phone with snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 then you'll the dimensity 9500 winner and if you bought a phone with the 9500 then you'll find snapdragon the winner
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Unbiased January 16, 2026 at 03:41 PM
Let's be honest, people are just biased with mediatek because thier phone has mediatek, my phone has mtk dm8400, but I never glazed it even though it's the fastest phone I ever touched
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Oka January 15, 2026 at 05:52 PM
Ok u guys want to know something better? This is not dimensity final form i think, they still have dimensity 9500+
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Idk June 28, 2026 at 06:30 PM
The dimensity 9500+ is just a slightly overclock version of dimensity 9500 which doesn't change much of the experience you have just like the 8 elite gen 5 and 8 elite gen 5 for galaxy.
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Mirz January 13, 2026 at 06:45 AM
This website is payed by mtk haha
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Huyk January 12, 2026 at 01:10 PM
It's funny how people still compare dimensity and snapdragon when both of them offer valuable performance to users without a noticeable difference between performance we'll only in real world scenarios such us gaming and daily use. I might get attack by snapdragon fans because of the "emulator" support that snapdragon gives. Bro it's 2026 and some of you guys still think mediatek doesn't support emulators? And I know that not all dimensity suppors emulator unlike snapdragon but come on you gotta give them an applause after making the 9000 series eligible to play emulators. All it needs is a support from the devs.
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RaaaahRaaaahRaaaaah January 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Update your Geekbench 6 score for the Qualcomm 8 elite gen 5 thats score is from the test phone, and also pls change the dimensity 9500 AnTuTu score u choose the lowest score to display,those scores are from phones without performnce mode on, u have like 2 score wirh 3.7 mil and other with 3.6 mil choose 1 of those scores,u make MediaTek look bad.
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Gram Joll January 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
That's the fact bro, aren't u going to watch more on YouTube? snap will always be dragon.
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RaaaaRaaahRaaaah January 16, 2026 at 09:04 AM
Gram Joll, i do watch some stuff on YT,but i also like to see this website,but this time those bummers barely update the benchmarks and stats of the SoC
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GuiΘ› January 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Guys i dont want to sound carzy but BBK why TF is ur phones lineup with MediaTek 9500 more expensive than ur Qualcomm counterpart. Xiaomi save us pls.
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hhgzj May 30, 2026 at 06:28 PM
we ded ass bro 899€ for Xiaomi 17T Pro thats mid
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Nayura December 29, 2025 at 03:59 AM
Why flagship ultra series always use snapdragon elite??? And why dimensity can stabilization gaming performance??
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RasaMati January 12, 2026 at 10:20 AM
idk man,u dont have internet to search it yourself?
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Gram Joll January 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
RasaMati, Lmao, stupid answer, do u think everything can be found on the internet with valid information?
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RasaMati January 16, 2026 at 09:34 AM
Gram Joll, u are stupid,ill give the answear Ultra phones use Qualcomm cuz thats what the people usualy want, before MediaTek was an actual competitor Qualcomm dominated the market and people just trust more Qualcomm. MediaTek is stable in gaming cuz after the 9300 line up they changed the strategy and instead of trying to be stronger than Qualcomm,they try to be eficient while giving the same performance as them meaning better stability in longer runs, the only notable difference is optimization straight out of the box, Qualcomm is already more optimized by some application/games devs,while MediaTek has to wait a bit longer to have those optimizations,also MediaTek is cheaper to manufacture so phone producers try to add with those extra money some better cooling or stupid/usefull features. Overall u have to choose American engineering vs Taiwan engineering. And who gives u an better deal I hope my answear satisfied you.
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Leverall days March 31, 2026 at 06:12 AM
RasaMati, Lol Ai answer U statement didnt answer it
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RasaMati April 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Leverall days, is not AI, is writen by me, ur an idiot learn to read u dumb kid.
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RasaMati April 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Leverall days, brain dead bot, ask AI the same thing and see if its going to reply the same way i do ,,My statemeant didnt answear it,,READ it all or are u illiterate and ur too lazy to read.
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Tom December 27, 2025 at 03:43 PM
In my country, the redmagic 11 pro is the cheapest phone with 8 elite gen 5 and also much cheaper than other phones with dimensity 9500.
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Aditya kumar January 3, 2026 at 01:30 PM
Yes in my country also
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Aditya kumar January 3, 2026 at 01:30 PM
Yes in my country also
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Alessandro January 3, 2026 at 01:36 PM
What's the price and what country are you from? I'm from the Brazilian backwaters, and here it's the most expensive gaming phone, and also one of the most expensive with an 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. The cheapest one with that processor is the Poco F8 Ultra.
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IndWarriorOp December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Can you correct the AnTuTu CPU score of the MediaTek Dimensity 9500? You wrote it as 9.75 million.
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someone December 17, 2025 at 04:09 PM
trust me snapdragon 8 elite gen 5 has one of the highest antutu rating of all processors
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aad December 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
in real world experience and lets say in like 3 months when all cips will be better optimized,mtk will be 100% better than snapdragon, benchmarks tell only 50% of the story,in game Qualcomm wont even use its full power so is kinda useless+++this website choose the lowest mtk 9500 AnTuTu score,that thing can go up to like 3.7 mil so chill out, once mtk9500+ comes next year will we see if snapdragon will still be better on that benchmark.
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IndWarriorOp December 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
aad, I don't think MediaTek Dimensity is more powerful than snapdragon because I have 8 elite gen 5 smartphone from iQOO & it's outperform my friends 9500 in vivo
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agsjk December 25, 2025 at 07:10 PM
sadly i dont care abt benchmarks
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Ggh December 28, 2025 at 05:18 AM
agsjk, Yeah,most of the time u will use like 60% at most of what the SoC can do
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Favi12 December 29, 2025 at 04:45 PM
IndWarriorOp, Stop the cap blud why are you lying
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Anonymous January 2, 2026 at 07:27 PM
IndWarriorOp, I think mediatek is better in GPU but lacks optimization, Snapdragon is better at CPU but better optimization in real world gaming mediatek slams Snapdragon in 3D games if it is optimized and I will choose it because I test so many chip it perform well at long use and it doesn't overheat like 8400,9300+, 9400,9500
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aad January 3, 2026 at 06:45 AM
IndWarriorOp, all that power and u use it only to play PUBG or BGMI cuz u Indian πŸ’”πŸ’”
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Jk jk jk January 5, 2026 at 08:00 AM
IndWarriorOp, Well because iqoo is mostly optimised for gaming and vivo is for photography 🀷
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SoFutemPeMata January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
IndWarriorOp, iQOO is the Poco of the BBK i only care abt Xiaomi and maybe Vivo,Oppo when they will be resonable priced.
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IndWarriorOp January 10, 2026 at 02:12 PM
Anonymous, Yes gpu wise MediaTek has slight edge but again most of us don't even use their full performance
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IndWarriorOp January 10, 2026 at 02:13 PM
aad, Chill racist baby I don't even play games 8 don't have free time like you
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IndWarriorOp January 10, 2026 at 02:14 PM
Jk jk jk, Most of the performance focused phones are using snapdragon & camera focused phones are using MediaTek πŸ˜₯
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IndWarriorOp January 10, 2026 at 02:16 PM
SoFutemPeMata, Xiaomi flagships are not available in my country except for their non pro variant
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IndWarriorOp January 10, 2026 at 02:18 PM
Favi12, Where I'm lying?????
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aad January 22, 2026 at 07:34 AM
IndWarriorOp, not my fault,ur bad country dont give u more freedom
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Psychopath February 4, 2026 at 08:49 PM
aad, what's wrong with playing pubg? ur bot ass has never played in high rank games where everyone has flagships and when it gets intense it stutters even on high end phones
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aad February 13, 2026 at 07:47 AM
Psychopath, cry me an river,PUBG is dead, till Ace with 12 stars i barely found players and also ur bot for playing that boring game i bet u cant even control ur spray without gyroscop cuz ur so bad u cant use the screen.
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IndWarriorOp February 27, 2026 at 07:17 PM
Psychopath, Add is just a crying racist baby with some mental condition.
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Akashi March 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
IndWarriorOp, You are wrong, in fact the most balanced between performance and camera are phones that use Snapdragon because they use it on their Ultra phones.
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aad March 8, 2026 at 06:16 PM
IndWarriorOp, yeah yeah go back to ur holy cow in ur polluted river full of trash in ur overpopulated and corupted country,dont come to EU when ur done with ur life u wierd pedo.
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aad March 12, 2026 at 06:49 PM
IndWarriorOp, bro shut up,look at my first reply people agree with me,if u have time to reply to me ur the one with issues.
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Y Fie B December 9, 2025 at 08:48 AM
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is better than Mediatek Dimensity 9500 because it offers faster performance (2 X 4.6 GHz CPU) along side with its modem. This can rival entry level laptops in terms of performance. By the way, shout out to Y Fie B (Wi-Fi Boys) Group to its members namely Elmer, Ronald and Radel. Elmer - the technologist, Ronald - the educator and Radel - the auditor. With each skills combined, they can create new piece of technology that can be useful in solving daily lives for easier, faster and reliable. Currently they experimenting new System On Chip for mobile that is based on Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, that can rival Apple M Silicons SOC.
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Gh December 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Dont care,ur piece of crap is 100€ more than mtk 9500 ur delusional i dont understand why people like you want to overpay for mediocre stuff.
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8300 January 5, 2026 at 03:28 PM
Gh, Calm down, friend. You seem to be a huge Mediatek fan, even though phones with that processor, like the Vivo X300 Pro or Oppo Find X9 Pro, actually cost €100 more They cost significantly more than their Ultra versions or similar phones with Snapdragon processors. I don't know why people say that, but it's a matter of fanaticism; they should focus on the truth.
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Gh January 12, 2026 at 09:43 AM
8300, thats BBK fault,when i buy Dimensity phones ill go for Xiaomi they have more reasonable price,for example the 15T Pro in 512/12 is 510€,i hope with this stupid RAM shortage the future Xiaomi 17T Pro wotn be so expensive
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Idk June 28, 2026 at 06:36 PM
Gh, Why is dimensity fanboy ragebaiting he just spitting facts?
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Max December 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'd say Dummensity 9500 is the chipset worth fling for
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ghg December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Im with you,better,cheaper,and stable,perfect cip to get beofre the price inflation
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Querty December 25, 2025 at 07:08 PM
ghg, true the inflation is crazy, BBK phones from Vivo Oppo and OnePlus start from 1200€ like bro thats expensive, Xiaomi in the other hand did a great job with the price of the Poco F8 ultra,but i dont like Poco cuz is not pure Xiaomi and is not having the best Xiaomi treatmeant, only the number series and T Pro series are the best to buy, Xiaomi 17T Pro will come home this year for me
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a7med December 1, 2025 at 03:14 PM
#Update the Benchmarks this is misleading #MTK pay for the site where you get that 4 million score it was never seeeeeeen
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Serhii December 2, 2025 at 08:14 AM
Thank you for your comment.
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Davlet93 December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yep, mine 3,41m. It's maximum I seen
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ghg December 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Davlet93, Turn on performance mode, keep on the 120 Hz screen, and don't run the benchmark on gaming mode. You will get a much higher score, I'd say 3.6 mil. Trust me.
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Eruma Bai November 30, 2025 at 08:28 PM
Snapdragon Elite Gen 5 is the fastest and most efficient SoC in the market right now. It excels in performance and image signal processing best for photography and videography, while Dimensity 9,500 is good in overall performance and excels in GPU for better graphics displayed in screen. But in overall aspect as of today, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is better than Dimensity 9,500 because most software developers prefers Qualcomm CPU's in making apps with efficiency. That means apps running for Qualcomm performs and more stable better than Mediatek.
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querty December 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
80€ more and barely better not worth it bro,aint feeding the greedy
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Rain December 22, 2025 at 03:11 AM
querty , €80 more? I think phones with the Mediatek 9500 are the same price or even more expensive. The Oppo Find X9 Pro is more expensive than the OnePlus 15 and has better battery life.
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querty December 25, 2025 at 06:47 PM
Rain, Oppo Find X9 Pro is expensive because it has better camera then OnePlus and idk why cuz they just priced it like that
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Idk June 28, 2026 at 06:38 PM
querty , You need to read what he write he is saying facts,your just hating on snapdragon too much.
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gtx10503gb November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
do the dimensity 9500 outperform elite gen 5 for emulators?
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Rant November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Unfortunately yes i saw many videos
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jruddigon February 4, 2026 at 04:26 AM
Rant, What do you mean unfortunately? Any competition outperforming the top is good for competition in general. I wish people would realise this and stop siding. It's so unintelligent to side with one manufacturer or brand because you have feelings for them.
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Vesuvio88 November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
They did not mention the Power Usage of both. Snapdragon drains at 100% use 22 Watts, when Dimensity 9500 drains only 18 Watts. This makes also Dimensity more efficient.
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Joirdo November 19, 2025 at 01:11 AM
Yes, it achieves that in 3DMark tests, but with significantly better scores. In video games, it only reaches a maximum of 3W; on the Realme GT 8 Pro, it only used a maximum of 2.97W with a temperature of 41°C 😁
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Aad November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Joirdo, Realme gt 8 pro is dual cell battery bro so the 2.97W u talk abt is actually 5.94W.
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Oneplus 13R November 26, 2025 at 01:21 AM
Aad, No, the dual-cell battery doesn't work that way; the consumption is fixed (those watts it consumes are due to the game running, the processor, and other components like the speaker). The function of dual-cell batteries is to allow them to withstand a higher energy load from the charger.
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Aad December 14, 2025 at 07:08 PM
Oneplus 13R, bro,the benchmark dont register the battery consumption right when is dual cell,u cant have 2.97W and 41Β°C,with that consumption u should have atleast 38Β°C.
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Dimensity 9400e December 17, 2025 at 09:27 PM
Aad, That power consumption and temperature was revealed after a full 1-hour gaming test, not a 3Dmark test.
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Aad December 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dimensity 9400e, he didnt mention it,and also 41Β°C is alot,what is under 40Β°C is the best
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Xiaomi 14T pro December 23, 2025 at 02:35 PM
Aad, Dude, Vivo X300 reached 48.3Β°C and with a consumption of just over 7w
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Aad December 25, 2025 at 06:49 PM
Xiaomi 14T pro, Vivo x300 is an compact phone, i expected this
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HelioG420.69 November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Knowing the 8 elite and 8 gen 3 i wonder how much this 8 elite gen 5 will heat up... Also holy 4.6 GHz on a smartphone chip is insane...
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Joirdot November 19, 2025 at 01:14 AM
It doesn't really get that hot during gaming; in fact, it runs the coolest among devices in its category. But under stress tests, it could reach 50Β°C. However, it performed better in the scores
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iShowSpeed November 15, 2025 at 03:45 PM
The guy who did the youtube short video on Adreno Vs Mali GPU, He is absolutely right. The Mali GPU here is very powerful tbh πŸ’€ but still i'll prefer adreno for drivers
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Hopa December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Drivers,, bro, it's almost 2026. Those drivers aren't optimized the same anymore as they were back in the day with the 865 till 8 Gen 1. Now they are kinda mid. Like, I know MediaTek gets its optimization a bit later, but when he gets them, they eat the Adreno GPU.
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