Not too long ago, MediaTek officially took the wraps off its latest flagship killer chipset, the Dimensity 8500. The chipset is designed to bridge the gap between premium mid-range phones and flagships. The processor has already debuted in Honor Power 2 and will soon arrive in Redmi Turbo 5, which could launch as the Poco X8 Pro in India. Here's a breakdown of the specifications and leaked benchmarks of the Dimensity 8500.
Dimensity 8500: AnTuTu Score (Rumoured)
Although Mediatek has launched the processor, the smartphones are yet to hit the shelves in India. However, the scores claimed by the brand and the leaks from internal testing suggest the Dimensity 8500 could score in the 2,200,000 to 2,300,000 range. These are figures shared by the brand, which tend to be very ambitious. The real-life scores should be lower.
While not close to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the expected score of 2.4 million should put it ahead of most upper mid-range chips and even older flagship processors. These are slightly higher gains over the Dimensity 8400. The secret sauce here is likely the CPU clock speeds.
The Dimensity 8500 is an octa-core chipset that uses a 1+3+4 core setup. It consists of 1x Cortex-A725 prime core clocked at 3.35 GHz, 3x Cortex-A725 performance cores clocked at 3.0 GHz and 4x Cortex-A725 efficiency cores clocked at 2.2 GHz. On the graphics front, it uses an ARM Mali-G720 MC8 GPU.
Dimensity 8500: Geekbench Score (Leaked)
| Geekbench 6 CPU | Dimensity 8500 |
|---|---|
| Single-core | 1,709 |
| Multi-core | 6,532 |
The Dimensity 8500 debuted in Honor Power 2, and the phone briefly appeared on Geekbench, exposing the CPU prowess of the chipset. The phone logged a single-core score of 1,709 and a multi-core score of 6,532. These are promising numbers and put the chipset right around the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, at least in the multi-core scores. They further indicate that multi-tasking and high-end gaming should be no issue for the Dimensity 8500.
Dimensity 8500 Specs
| Specs | Dimensity 8500 |
|---|---|
| Process Node | TSMC 4nm (N4P) |
| CPU | 8-core "All Big Core" Architecture (ARMv9.2) |
| CPU Cores | 1x Cortex-A725 (3.4 GHz), 3x Cortex-A725 (3.2 GHz), 4x Cortex-A725 (2.2 GHz) |
| GPU | Arm Mali-G720 MP8 (1.3 GHz) |
| Storage and Memory | UFS 4.0, LPDDR5X (9600Mbps) |
| NPU | MediaTek NPU 880 |
| ISP | Imagiq 990 (Up to 320MP) |
| Modem | Integrated 5G-A modem |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4 |
And that's a wrap-up on everything we know about the Dimensity 8500 so far. It appeared to be a decent improvement over its predecessors. While the Honor Power 2 already boasts the same, the Poco X8 Pro should be the first phone in India to arrive with the chipset. We also expect it to be the default choice for performance enthusiasts on a budget in 2026.
