MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
Apple A19

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s and Apple A19 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 3 nm (TSMC N3P))
  • Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3730 MHz vs 2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
January 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
A19
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
3730 MHz
Frequency
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
-
128
Shading units
-
3.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
Gigabit LTE
Yes
5G support
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5.4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-

Miscellaneous

-
L1 Cache
Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
2 MB
L2 Cache
4 MB
12 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
16-core Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585
A19
3559 +38%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474
A19
8710 +3%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476 +68%
A19
1918578

Comparison of Devices

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2130