MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme vs MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 4,214,275 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme's 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

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Summary

Release Date

Apr, 2026

Sep, 2026

CPU

Octa core

(3.4 GHz, Single Core + 3.2 GHz, Tri core + 2.2 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(4.55 GHz, Dual Core + 4.35 GHz, Tri core + 3.1 GHz, Tri core)

Process Node

4 nm

2 nm

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR6

AnTuTu Score

2,217,003

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4,214,275

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Geekbench Score

1,759/7,054

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3,174/10,328

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 2,217,003

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 4,214,275

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CPU

674,234

1,195,854

GPU

681,406

1,713,804

Memory

379,554

518,133

481,809

786,484

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 1,759

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 3,174

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro 10,328

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.4 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Octa core (4.55 GHz, Dual Core, C2 Ultra + 4.35 GHz, Tri core, C2 Pro + 3.1 GHz, Tri core, C2 Pro)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

2 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

3.5 MB

2 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB

16 MB

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16

GPU Clock speed

1.3 GHz

1.8 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

1024

1536

FLOPS

2662.4 Gigaflops

5529.6 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

12.0

N/A

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR6

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

4x24 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

128 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 5.0

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	UHD @ 240 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+	QHD+ @ 180 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

180 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

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

Audio Codecs

AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 5170 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.4

6.2

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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