MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra's 2,136,906 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

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Summary

Release Date

Mar, 2026

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

(4.21 GHz, Single Core + 3.5 GHz, Tri core + 2.7 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

2,136,906

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3,568,720

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Geekbench Score

1,725/6,860

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3,452/10,279

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 2,136,906

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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CPU

618,996

1,026,478

GPU

648,976

1,388,119

Memory

390,041

391,828

478,893

762,295

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 1,725

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 6,860

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MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

N/A

MT6993

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 (4.21 GHz, Single Core, C1 Ultra + 3.5 GHz, Tri core, C1 Premium + 2.7 GHz, Quad core, C1 Pro)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

3.5 MB

7 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB

16 MB

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

1.3 GHz

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

1024

1536

FLOPS

2662.4 Gigaflops

5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

12.0

12.1

AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU

NPU 990

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

180 Hz

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.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

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

Connectivity

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 5170 Mbps

Up to 10700 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

5.4

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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