Dimensity 9600 Pro vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
The 2nm all-big-core answer to the fastest mobile CPU
Dimensity 9600 Pro
2nm · Sep 2026
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3nm · Sep 2025
VS
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v10
43,79,937
AnTuTu v10
38,58,864
Geekbench 6 Single
4,276
Geekbench 6 Single
3,834
Geekbench 6 Multi
12,650
Geekbench 6 Multi
12,396
Representative retail-device scores from our chip database. Neither vendor publishes benchmark figures.
Specification
D9600 ProDimensity 9600 Pro8 Elite Gen 5Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5At A Glance
Vendor
MediaTek
Qualcomm
Announced
Sep 2026
Sep 2025
Process node
2nm
3nm
Part number
No info
SM8850-AC
SM8850-1-AD also listed
CPU
Layout
2 + 3 + 3
All big core
2 prime + 6 performance
Performance cores up to 3.62GHz
Cores
2x C2-Ultra
6x C2-Pro
Oryon
3rd generation
Peak clock
4.55GHz
C2-Pro at 4.35GHz and 3.1GHz
4.74GHz
4.6GHz version also offered
L2 cache
2MB + 1MB + 512KB
Per cluster
No info
L3 cache
16MB
No info
System cache
10MB SLC
No info
GPU and gaming
GPU
Mali-G2 Ultra NX
Adreno
18MB Adreno HPM
Ray tracing
Hardware
Hardware
Lumen global illumination
Graphics APIs
Vulkan, OpenGL ES
Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2
OpenCL 3.0 FP
Notable
Neural Graphics
GPU and NPU fused
Unreal Engine 5
Nanite, Tile Memory Heap
AI and NPU
NPU
NPU 1090
Plus Super Efficient NPU 2.0
Hexagon
Fused AI accelerator
Design
Dual NPU
Fused with CPU and GPU
12S + 8V + 1A
Scalar, vector, accelerator
Gen-on-gen
2x INT4
51% faster LLM prefill
37% faster
16% better per watt, vs 8 Elite
Precision
INT4
KV-cache compression, on-device MoE
INT2 to FP16
INT2, INT4, INT8, INT16, FP8, FP16
Always-on
Dedicated NPU domain
Sensing Hub
Dual micro NPUs
Memory and storage
Memory
LPDDR6
LPDDR5X also supported
LPDDR5X
Up to 24GB
Memory speed
10667Mbps
5300MHz
Storage
UFS 5.0
UFS 4.1
Camera and ISP
ISP
Imagiq
AI Imaging Fusion
Spectra
Triple AI ISP
ISP bit depth
No info
20-bit
Max sensor
200MP
320MP
Triple camera
No info
48 + 48 + 48MP
Zero shutter lag
Video capture
8K60
4K120 with EIS
4K120
Slow motion
4K240
1080p480
Formats
Semantic processing
Dolby Vision, HDR10+
HDR10, HLG, Ultra HDR
Display and video
On-device display
WQHD+ 180Hz
4K+ 120Hz
QHD+ 240Hz
External display
Tri-fold panels
Tri-port MIPI
4K 120Hz
8K 30Hz
Colour
BT.2020
Rec. 2020
10-bit
HDR
BT.2020 pipeline
Dolby Vision, HDR10+
HDR10, HDR Vivid
Video decode
8K60 10-bit
VVC, HEVC, AVC, VP9, AV1
H.265, AV1, VP9
8K60 HDR playback
Video encode
8K30 10-bit
8K60 8-bit HEVC
HEVC, APV
10-bit
Cellular
Modem
Integrated 5G
X85 5G
3GPP release
Release 17
Release 18
mmWave
Not supported
Sub-6GHz only
Supported
8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO
Peak download
5CC 350MHz
12.5Gbps
6xCA, 400MHz
Peak upload
2CC 200MHz
3.7Gbps
Uplink MIMO
FDD UL 2x2
LB DL 4x4 MIMO
UL 4-layer CA
200MHz, switched uplink
SIM
Triple active
Turbo DSDA
3CC + 1CC
Satellite
NTN
NB-NTN
Legacy networks
2G to 5G
TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM
2G to 5G
LTE, WCDMA, GSM/EDGE, CBRS
Modem power saving
5G UltraSave 2.0
5G PowerSave
Wi-Fi and connectivity
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi 7
FastConnect 7900
Wi-Fi peak
7.3Gbps
5.8Gbps
Wi-Fi notable
Triple band concurrent
4K QAM
320MHz, HBS multi-link
Bluetooth
6.2
Dual engine, 12Mbps
6.0
LE Audio, Channel Sounding
UWB
No info
Supported
FiRa, CCC
Navigation
Triple band GNSS
GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, NavIC
Triple-band GNSS
GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, NavIC
NFC
No info
Supported
USB
No info
USB 3.1 Gen 2
Charging
No info
Quick Charge 5
Security
Quantum-safe
AI privacy engine
3D Sonic Max
SPU, TEE, hypervisor
Audio
Audio platform
No info
Snapdragon Sound
Wireless codecs
No info
aptX Lossless
aptX Adaptive, XPAN
Audio codec
No info
Aqstic
Smart speaker amplifier
Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-09-23