MediaTek Dimensity 8500 vs Samsung Exynos 8890

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Which processor is better? We compared MediaTek Dimensity 8500 with Samsung Exynos 8890. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Dimensity 8500

Exynos 8890

224856

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Dimensity 8500

1712

Exynos 8890

318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Dimensity 8500

6701

Exynos 8890

881

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725	4x 2.3 GHz – Exynos M1 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	4 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP		5 Watt
Neural Processing	MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	4800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G720 MP8	Mali-T880 MP12
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	1300 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	8	12
Shaders	1024	192
DirectX	12	11.1
OpenCL API	3.0	1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.3	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2960x1440	3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP	1x 24MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	5.17 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	5.4	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS