Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9500 – Clash of 2025’s Mobile Chip Titans
Now, let’s dive deeper into the detailed comparison of every aspect of Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500, and see how they stack up against each other and against other 2025 flagship processors like Apple’s A18 Pro, Samsung’s Exynos 2500, and Google’s Tensor G4. CPU Architecture & Performance Core Design: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500 introduce new CPU microarchitectures to the mobile space, but their approaches differ. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 uses its custom Oryon cores (born from the Nuvia acquisition) for all eight CPU cores, abandoning ARM’s off-the-shelf Cortex designs. It features 2 performance cores
