MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
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MediaTek Helio G96

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s and MediaTek Helio G96 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3730 MHz vs 2050 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs June 2021)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
June 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
MT6781
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
12 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
2050 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.243 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
64
-
Execution units
2
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 650 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
-
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
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
-
TDP
5 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585 +297%
Helio G96
651
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474 +356%
Helio G96
1860
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476 +717%
Helio G96
395804

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
2342
UleFone Armor 24
MediaTek Helio G96
133
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
6194
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12S
MediaTek Helio G96
326
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
102676
Infinix Note 12 (Helio G96)
MediaTek Helio G96
22860
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
16575
UleFone Armor 22
MediaTek Helio G96
9867