Samsung Exynos 990 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Comparing the Samsung Exynos 990 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

Samsung Exynos 990

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Summary

Release Date

Oct, 2019

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(2.73 GHz, Dual Core + 2.5 GHz, Dual core + 2 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

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

Process Node

7 nm

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G77 MP11

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	3,568,720 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	3,452/10,279 View Benchmark Details

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Samsung Exynos 990 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,568,720

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CPU

N/A

1,026,478

GPU

N/A

1,388,119

Memory

N/A

391,828

N/A

762,295

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Samsung Exynos 990 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 3,452

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Geekbench Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 990 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 10,279

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Samsung

MediaTek

Title

Samsung Exynos 990

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Model No

S5E9830

MT6993

Manufacturing

Samsung

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (2.73 GHz, Dual Core, Exynos M5 + 2.5 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A76 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)

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

7 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.2-A

ARMv9.3-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

L2 Cache

1 MB

7 MB

L3 Cache

2 MB

16 MB

GPU

Mali-G77 MP11

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

GPU Clock speed

832 MHz

1.716 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

352

1536

FLOPS

585.7 Gigaflops

5271.5 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

N/A

NPU 990

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.75 GHz

5.333 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

44 Gb/s

85.3 Gb/s

Memory Max size

16 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

108 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

UHD @ 120 FPS

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2400

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

180 Hz

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

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

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

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

Connectivity

Modem Name

Exynos 5123

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7350 Mbps

Up to 10700 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3670 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

5.1

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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