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MediaTek Dimensity 8500
MediaTek's 4nm Dimensity 8500 refines the Dimensity 8400 with an all-big-core Cortex-A725 CPU at up to 3.4GHz, an 8-core Mali-G720 GPU, and 5G-Advanced connectivity, aimed at premium mid-range gaming phones.
Pros
- All-big-core Cortex-A725 CPU design gives flagship-adjacent multi-core performance
- 8-core Mali-G720 MC8 GPU improves sustained gaming performance over the 8400's 7-core Mali-G720 MC7, though — like its predecessor — it is a non-ray-tracing Mali (not Immortalis) design
- 84% throttling retention in a 15-minute sustained CPU test shows strong thermal control
- LPDDR5X-9600 memory and UFS 4.0 storage keep pace with flagship-tier chips
Cons
- CPU cores and cache are almost unchanged from the Dimensity 8400, only clocks moved up
- AnTuTu v11 and Geekbench 6 scores fall well short of the rival Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
- Modem is sub-6GHz (FR1) only, with no mmWave 5G support
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Dimensity 8500
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 4 nm
- Architecture
- Armv9.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x3.4 GHz Cortex-A725 + 3x3.2 GHz Cortex-A725 + 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A725
- Max clock
- 3.4 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G720 MC8
AI
- NPU
- MediaTek NPU 880
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated MediaTek 5G-Advanced modem
- Max download
- 5.2 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
Media
- Max display
- WQHD+ up to 144Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu (typical)
- 1,813,768
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,519Top 29%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 6,308Top 19%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 4,268Top 22%
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 good in 2026?
The MediaTek Dimensity 8500 earns an Inno Score of 57.3/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. MediaTek's 4nm Dimensity 8500 refines the Dimensity 8400 with an all-big-core Cortex-A725 CPU at up to 3.4GHz, an 8-core Mali-G720 GPU, and 5G-Advanced connectivity, aimed at premium mid-range gaming phones.
What is the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 AnTuTu score?
The MediaTek Dimensity 8500 scores 1,813,768 points in AnTuTu. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 1,519 single-core and 6,308 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Dimensity 8500?
Cores: 8 · Process: 4 nm · AnTuTu: 1,813,768 · GPU: Arm Mali-G720 MC8
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Dimensity 8500?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Dimensity 9200+, Samsung Exynos 2400, Google Tensor G5 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
