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

Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
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

-
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
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine

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