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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600M

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and MediaTek Dimensity 9600M mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

MediaTek Dimensity 8500

Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 4.21 GHz)

MediaTek Dimensity 9600M

Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2026)

Basic

MediaTek

Label Name

MediaTek

January 2026

Launch Date

September 2026

SmartPhone Mid range

Platform

SmartPhone Flagship

System Level Cache (SLC)

10 MB

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Dimensity 8500

Model Name

MT6993

1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725

Architecture

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

Cores

4 nm

Technology

3 nm

3400 MHz

Frequency

4.21 GHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8

GPU name

Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12

128

Shading units

Execution units

3.2

OpenCL version

OpenCL 3.0

1.3

Vulkan version

Vulkan 1.4

2960 x 1440

Max display resolution

WQHD+

Connectivity

Cellular specific functions

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 technologies

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

Downlink functions

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

Download speed

Up to 7.4 Gbps

Modem power saving technologies

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement

Uplink functions

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

4G support

Yes

5G support

Yes

5.4

Bluetooth

Bluetooth 6.0, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps

Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

Wi-Fi

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

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

4800 MHz

Memory frequency

10667 MT/s

4x 16 Bit

Memory Bus

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache

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

L3 cache

16 MB

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

Audio codecs

1x 320MP, 3x 32MP

Max camera resolution

320 MP

UFS 4 + MCQ

Storage type

UFS 4.1 (4-lane)

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

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

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

Video codecs

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

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit

Display refresh rate

180 Hz

ARMv9.2-A

Instruction set

Armv9.3-A, AArch64, SME2

AI features

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

MediaTek NPU 880

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 990 + ultra-efficient CIM NPU