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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600M

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro and MediaTek Dimensity 9600M mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 3 nm)
Higher Frequency: 4.55 GHz (4.55 GHz vs 4.21 GHz)

Basic

MediaTek

Label Name

MediaTek

September 2026

Launch Date

September 2026

SmartPhone Flagship

Platform

SmartPhone Flagship

10 MB

System Level Cache (SLC)

10 MB

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

MT6995

Model Name

MT6993

2x 4.55 GHz Arm C2-Ultra + 3x 4.35 GHz Arm C2-Pro + 3x 3.10 GHz Arm C2-Pro

Architecture

1x 4.21 GHz Arm C1-Ultra + 3x 3.50 GHz Arm C1-Premium + 4x 2.70 GHz Arm C1-Pro

Cores

2 nm

Technology

3 nm

4.55 GHz

Frequency

4.21 GHz

GPU Specifications

Arm Mali-G2 Ultra NX

GPU name

Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12

Execution units

OpenCL version

OpenCL 3.0

Vulkan version

Vulkan 1.4

WQHD+

Max display resolution

WQHD+

Connectivity

5G/4G Triple SIM Triple Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback

Cellular specific functions

5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback

3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM

Cellular technologies

3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM

Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO

Downlink functions

Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO

>7.4 Gbps

Download speed

Up to 7.4 Gbps

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement

Modem power saving technologies

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement

Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2

Uplink functions

Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2

Yes

4G support

Yes

Yes, 5G-Advanced

5G support

Yes

Bluetooth 6.2, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps

Bluetooth

Bluetooth 6.0, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps

Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps

GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Navigation

GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR6 / LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

10667 MT/s

Memory frequency

10667 MT/s

Miscellaneous

8.5 MB (2x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 3x 512 KB)

L2 Cache

7 MB total (1x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 4x 512 KB)

16 MB

L3 cache

16 MB

200 MP

Max camera resolution

320 MP

UFS 5.0

Storage type

UFS 4.1 (4-lane)

8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 240 FPS slow-motion; 4K at 60 FPS HDR

Video capture

8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 60 FPS cinematic mode

VVC (H.266), HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1, MV-HEVC

Video codecs

HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1

8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit

Video playback

8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit

180 Hz

Display refresh rate

180 Hz

Armv9.3-A

Instruction set

Armv9.3-A, AArch64, SME2

Native AI Architecture, Dimensity Agentic AI Engine, AI Compute Fusion, Neural Graphics Architecture, AI Imaging Fusion Architecture, on-device MoE inference, edge-training LLM, KV-cache compression

AI features

Agentic AI Engine, Gemini Nano 4, Qwen 3.5 Omni 4B, 4K text-to-image generation, AI super zoom, AI composition assistance, AI anti-shake, camera agent

MediaTek NPU 1090 + Super Efficient NPU 2.0

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 990 + ultra-efficient CIM NPU