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The MediaTek Dimensity 9500's Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 graphics deliver significantly stronger gaming performance, with a 24-point gap in our scores.
Both the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 offer excellent battery life, with identical scores in our tests.
Unfortunately, AI performance scores are not provided for either the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, making it impossible to declare a winner.
96 | CPU Performance | 92 |
98 | Gaming Performance | 74 |
93 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | GPU Model | Adreno 829 |
| MediaTek NPU 990 | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 3508681 | Apple A19 | 3082388 |
| 1098383 | CPU | 973072 |
| 1275843 | GPU | 1061022 |
| 378116 | Memory | 370365 |
| 756339 | UX | 677929 |
| 3508681 | Total score | 3082388 |
| 3366 | Single-Core Score | 2903 |
| 10603 | Multi-Core Score | 9602 |
| 397.3 MB/sec | Asset compression | 377.4 MB/sec |
| 292.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 221 pages/sec |
| 328.1 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 268.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 234.3 images/sec | Image detection | 269.9 images/sec |
| 328.1 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 306 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.9 images/sec | Background blur | 35.9 images/sec |
| 109.9 images/sec | Photo processing | 87.9 images/sec |
| 10.3 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 12 Mpixels/sec |
| 10 tests | Samples | 13 tests |
| 25501 | Compute Score (GPU) | 20796 |
| 47.2 images/sec | Background blur | 38 images/sec |
| 26.1 images/sec | Face detection | 18.7 images/sec |
| 0.78 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.71 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.31 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.85 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.68 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 1.41 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| 91.9 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 79.6 Gpixels/sec |
| 3324.6 FPS | Particle physics | 3028.3 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 7 tests | Samples | 7 tests |
| 3119 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 1805 |
| 3119 | Score | 1805 |
| 52% | Stability | — |
| 23 FPS | Graphics test | 13 FPS |
| 13308 | 3DMark Solar Bay | 9094 |
| 13308 | Score | 9094 |
| 51 FPS | Graphics test | 35 FPS |
| 57 FPS | Section 1 | 40 FPS |
| 51 FPS | Section 2 | 35 FPS |
| 45 FPS | Section 3 | 29 FPS |
| 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro | Architecture | 2x 3.8 GHz – 6x 3.32 GHz – |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 4210 MHz | Frequency | 3800 MHz |
| ARMv9.3-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 2 MB | L2 cache | 12 MB |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 5333 MHz | Memory frequency | 4800 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 85.3 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| — | Modem | Snapdragon X80 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 10700 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| — | Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| MediaTek NPU 990 | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| September 2025 | Announced | November 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| MT6993 | Model number | SM8845 |
| Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | GPU name | Adreno 829 |
| Valhall 5th gen | Architecture | Adreno 800 |
| 1716 MHz | GPU frequency | 1225 MHz |
| 12 | Pipelines | 2 |
| 128 | Shading units | 512 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 1024 |
| 5271.5 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 2508.8 Gigaflops |