MediaTek
Dimensity 8500
The Ultimate Premium Gaming Smartphone Chip
MediaTek Dimensity
5G Family
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
at‑a‑glance
The Dimensity 8500 takes mobile gaming to the next level with lightning-fast, ultra-smooth performance that ensures the winning edge in competitive gaming. With best-in-class power efficiency, this chip lets you play longer while keeping your smartphone cool.
Powered by an All Big Core CPU, a premium octa-core graphics engine, and the most advanced Gen-AI NPU in its class, it delivers effortless creativity, stunning HDR visuals, and next-generation 5G-Advanced connectivity, making it a true powerhouse built for the future.
Key Features
Packed with an All Big Core CPU design, large in-chip caches, and the fastest memory speeds, this chip delivers blistering performance while remaining incredibly power-efficient, ensuring a seamless, ultra-responsive Android experience without slowdowns.
The Arm Mali-G720 MC8 GPU, supercharged with MediaTek HyperEngine technology, takes premium mobile gaming to the next level. Users can enjoy longer, smoother gaming sessions thanks to smarter power efficiency that outperforms the competition. With an ever-expanding lineup of HyperEngine-optimized titles, gamers can dive into their favorite games at 120 FPS for ultra-responsive competitive play, or push visuals to extreme HDR settings while maintaining smooth performance for an impressively immersive experience.
- Up to 3.4GHz CPU speeds
- 12% faster LPDDR5X at 9600Mbps
Powered by MediaTek’s powerful NPU 880 and an ever-growing generative AI ecosystem, this chip is fine-tuned for today’s most advanced smartphone LLMs and LVMs, providing unparalleled compatibility and future-ready performance. Continuous upgrades to MediaTek’s NeuroPilot toolkit give developers instant access to the latest GenAI innovations, enabling them to quickly turn ideas into bold new experiences, unlock game-changing features to stay miles ahead of the curve.
- Diffusion Transformer support
- NeuroPilot compression technology
- Mixed-precision INT4 quantization technology
- Accelerate LLM inference with speculative decoding support
At the core is support for QPD-Bayer QPD camera sensors, engineered to capture more light, lock onto subjects faster and more precisely, and deliver stunning high-resolution photos and videos that truly bring your vision to life.
Experience cinema-grade video recording with crystal-clear detail, enhanced by 100% PDAF for razor-sharp focus at any distance and AI-powered Zero Shutter Lag (ZSL) photos that instantly snap the perfect moment.
Benefit from power-efficient 4K HDR video capture that lets you shoot ultra-detailed, cinematic scenes for longer, with HDR visuals supported across the entire zoom range.
- >24% higher peak performance*
- -42% power use*
* Compared to previous generation Dimensity platform
MediaTek’s 5G-A modem is built to be future-proof, ready for the next wave of cellular networks. Featuring the all-new 3rd-gen Smart Network Suite with advanced 2nd-gen Subway Mode, it reconnects instantly the moment you step out of cellular dead zones.
- Up to 3CC-CA
- Up to 5.17 Gbps DL performance
- MediaTek UltraSave 3.0+
- 2nd Generation Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA 2.0)
Specifications
CPU
Processor
- 1x Arm Cortex-A725, up to 3.4GHz, 1MB L2
- 3x Arm Cortex-A725, up to 3.2GHz, 512KB L2
- 4x Arm Cortex-A725, up to 2.2GHz, 256KB L2
- 6MB L3
- 5MB SLC
Cores
Octa (8)
Memory & Storage
Memory Type
LPDDR5X 4ch
Max Memory Frequency
9600Mbps
Storage Type
UFS 4 + MCQ
Connectivity
Cellular Technologies
5G-Adv, 3GPP-R16, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD / TDD, 4G FDD / TDD, TD-SCDMA, WDCDMA, EDGE, GSM
Specific Functions
5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback
Smart Network Suite 3.0, Subway Mode 2.0, DSDA 2.0
DL Functions
FR1 LB DL 4x4 MIMO, 3CC up to 220 MHz
UL Functions
256QAM FR1 UL 2CC, FDD UL TxD
Power Savings
R16 UL Enhancement, MediaTek UltraSave 3.0+
GNSS
- GPS L1CA+L5+L1C
- BeiDou B1I+ B1C + B2a
- Glonass L1OF
- Galileo E1 + E5a
- QZSS L1CA + L5
- NavIC L5
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi Antenna
2T2R
Bluetooth
5.4
Camera
Max Camera Sensor Supported
- 320MP
- 3x 32MP @ 30FPS
Max Video Capture Resolution
4K60 (3840 x 2160)
Graphics
GPU Type
Arm Mali-G720 MC8
Video Encode
- H.264 (AVC)
- H.265 (HEVC)
Video Encoding FPS
4K @ 60FPS
Video Playback
- H.264 (AVC)
- H.265 (HEVC)
- VP-9
- AV1
Video Playback FPS
4K @ 60 FPS
Display
Max Resolution & Refresh Rate
- WQHD+ up to 144Hz
- Dual screen support (dual DSI)
AI
AI Processing Unit
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