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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

vs

Samsung Exynos 2600

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro and Samsung Exynos 2600 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Higher Frequency: 4.55 GHz (4.55 GHz vs 3.8 GHz)
Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs January 2026)

Basic

MediaTek

Label Name

Samsung

September 2026

Launch Date

January 2026

SmartPhone Flagship

Platform

SmartPhone Flagship

10 MB

System Level Cache (SLC)

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)

MT6995

Model Name

S5E9965

2x 4.55 GHz Arm C2-Ultra + 3x 4.35 GHz Arm C2-Pro + 3x 3.10 GHz Arm C2-Pro

Architecture

1× C1-Ultra up to 3.8 GHz; 3× C1-Pro up to 3.25 GHz; 6× C1-Pro up to 2.75 GHz

Cores

2 nm

Technology

2 nm

4.55 GHz

Frequency

3.8 GHz

GPU Specifications

Arm Mali-G2 Ultra NX

GPU name

Xclipse 960

WQHD+

Max display resolution

Up to 4K@120 Hz

Connectivity

5G/4G Triple SIM Triple 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

>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-Advanced

5G support

Bluetooth 6.2, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps

Bluetooth

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

Memory Specifications

LPDDR6 / LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

10667 MT/s

Memory frequency

Miscellaneous

8.5 MB (2x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 3x 512 KB)

L2 Cache

16 MB

L3 cache

200 MP

Max camera resolution

Up to 320 MP

UFS 5.0

Storage type

UFS 4.1

8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 240 FPS slow-motion; 4K at 60 FPS HDR

Video capture

Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR

VVC (H.266), HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1, MV-HEVC

Video codecs

H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)

8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit

Video playback

Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback

180 Hz

Display refresh rate

Armv9.3-A

Instruction set

Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2

Native AI Architecture, Dimensity Agentic AI Engine, AI Compute Fusion, Neural Graphics Architecture, AI Imaging Fusion Architecture, on-device MoE inference, edge-training LLM, KV-cache compression

AI features

MediaTek NPU 1090 + Super Efficient NPU 2.0

Neural processor (NPU)

NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500