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MediaTek Dimensity 6500
MediaTek's Dimensity 6500 is a 6nm mainstream 5G chip with two Cortex-A76 cores at up to 2.6 GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores and a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. It first shipped in HONOR phones such as the X80i and Play11 Plus, which label it Dimensity 6500 Elite, and it has a Release 16 modem rated up to 3.3 Gbps.
Pros
- Built on a 6nm process; MediaTek quotes up to 19% better power efficiency in gaming than competing chipsets
- Release 16 5G modem with 2CC carrier aggregation and up to 3.3 Gbps download
- Supports cameras up to native 108MP and 10-bit AMOLED displays up to 2520 x 1080 at 120Hz
- Adds long-range Bluetooth for phone-to-phone links up to 2 km in line of sight
Cons
- Older Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores, a step down from the Cortex-A78 cores in the Dimensity 7025
- LPDDR4X memory, UFS 2.2 storage and Wi-Fi 5 only
- MediaTek's specification table lists no NPU or AI performance figure
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU and GPU still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Dimensity 6500
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 6 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.6 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G57 MC2
- GPU clock
- 1,100 MHz
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-4266
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G modem (3GPP Release 16)
- Max download
- 3.3 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 120Hz
Devices with the MediaTek Dimensity 6500
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Dimensity 6500 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the MediaTek Dimensity 6500 yet: there are no published CPU and GPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. MediaTek's Dimensity 6500 is a 6nm mainstream 5G chip with two Cortex-A76 cores at up to 2.6 GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores and a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. It first shipped in HONOR phones such as the X80i and Play11 Plus, which label it Dimensity 6500 Elite, and it has a Release 16 modem rated up to 3.3 Gbps.
Which devices use the MediaTek Dimensity 6500?
One device in our catalog uses the MediaTek Dimensity 6500: HONOR X80i.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Dimensity 6500?
Cores: 8 · Process: 6 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G57 MC2
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Dimensity 6500?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5, Huawei Kirin T93C, Huawei Kirin 9030S — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
