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MediaTek Dimensity 9600M

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9600M and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

MediaTek Dimensity 9600M

Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs September 2025)

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Higher Frequency: 4210 (4.21 GHz vs 4210)

Basic

MediaTek

Label Name

MediaTek

September 2026

Launch Date

September 2025

SmartPhone Flagship

Platform

SmartPhone Flagship

10 MB

System Level Cache (SLC)

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

MT6993

Model Name

1x 4.21 GHz Arm C1-Ultra + 3x 3.50 GHz Arm C1-Premium + 4x 2.70 GHz Arm C1-Pro

Architecture

1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro

Cores

3 nm

Technology

3 nm

4.21 GHz

Frequency

4210

GPU Specifications

Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12

GPU name

GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12

GPU frequency

1750 MHz

Shading units

128

Execution units

OpenCL 3.0

OpenCL version

Vulkan 1.4

Vulkan version

WQHD+

Max display resolution

WQHD+ 180Hz

Connectivity

5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback

Cellular specific functions

3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM

Cellular technologies

Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO

Downlink functions

Up to 7.4 Gbps

Download speed

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement

Modem power saving technologies

Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2

Uplink functions

Yes

4G support

Yes

5G support

Yes

Bluetooth 6.0, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps

Bluetooth

6.0

Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps

Wi-Fi

GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

10667 MT/s

Memory frequency

5333 MHz

Memory Bus

4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

7 MB total (1x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 4x 512 KB)

L2 Cache

2MB/1MB/512KB

16 MB

L3 cache

Audio codecs

- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

320 MP

Max camera resolution

320 MP

UFS 4.1 (4-lane)

Storage type

8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 60 FPS cinematic mode

Video capture

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1

Video codecs

- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9

8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit

Video playback

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

180 Hz

Display refresh rate

Armv9.3-A, AArch64, SME2

Instruction set

ARMv9.3

Agentic AI Engine, Gemini Nano 4, Qwen 3.5 Omni 4B, 4K text-to-image generation, AI super zoom, AI composition assistance, AI anti-shake, camera agent

AI features

MediaTek NPU 990 + ultra-efficient CIM NPU

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 990