MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s and MediaTek Dimensity 8400 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3730 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs December 2024)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
Dimensity 8400
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Mali-G720 MC7
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
128
Shading units
-
-
Execution units
6
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
2 MB
L2 Cache
3.5 MB
12 MB
L3 cache
6 MB
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
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-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585 +54%
Dimensity 8400
1684
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474 +22%
Dimensity 8400
6970
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476 +82%
Dimensity 8400
1772345