MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
Apple M5 iPad

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s and Apple M5 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs October 2025)
  • Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (3730 MHz vs 4600 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
January 2026
Launch Date
October 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
M5 (iPad)
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz, 6x 2.95 GHz
8
Cores
10
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
-
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
-
128
Shading units
-
3.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
-
L1 Cache
320 KB
2 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
12 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585
M5 iPad
4259 +65%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474
M5 iPad
15265 +80%
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476 +0%
M5 iPad
3218762

Comparison of Devices

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Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2025)
Apple M5 iPad
4004