MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 9500 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,568,720 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8450's 2,141,052 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 9500 the more powerful processor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

May, 2025

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

(3.25 GHz, Single Core + 3 GHz, Tri core + 2.1 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Mali-G720 MC7

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,568,720

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2,141,052

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Geekbench Score

3,452/10,279

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1,647/6,458

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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MediaTek Dimensity 8450 2,141,052

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CPU

1,026,478

692,152

GPU

1,388,119

656,029

Memory

391,828

275,727

762,295

517,144

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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MediaTek Dimensity 8450 1,647

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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MediaTek Dimensity 8450 6,458

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Model No

MT6993

N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

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

Octa core (3.25 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.3-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

7 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

6 MB

GPU

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Mali-G720 MC7

GPU Clock speed

1.716 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

1536

896

FLOPS

5271.5 Gigaflops

2329.6 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

12.1

12.0

AI

NPU

NPU 990

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.333 GHz

4.266 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

85.3 Gb/s

68.2 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 4.0

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A

MP4

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

180 Hz

144 Hz

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

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 10700 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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