Quick/Comparisons
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500's Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 graphics deliver a significant gaming performance advantage, with a 6-point gap over the Samsung Exynos 2600's Xclipse 960 graphics.
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500's battery life is 5 points ahead of the Samsung Exynos 2600, indicating a clear advantage in power efficiency.
Neither product's AI performance scores are available, making it impossible to declare a winner in this use case.
96 | CPU Performance | 94 |
98 | Gaming Performance | 92 |
93 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 2 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 10 |
| Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | GPU Model | Samsung Xclipse 960 |
| MediaTek NPU 990 | NPU Performance | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU |
| 3508681 | Apple A19 | 3145925 |
| 1098383 | CPU | 1101529 |
| 1275843 | GPU | 1130150 |
| 378116 | Memory | 369235 |
| 756339 | UX | 545011 |
| 3508681 | Total score | 3145925 |
| 3366 | Single-Core Score | 3455 |
| 10603 | Multi-Core Score | 11621 |
| 397.3 MB/sec | Asset compression | 459.4 MB/sec |
| 292.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 328.1 pages/sec |
| 328.1 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 345 Mpixels/sec |
| 234.3 images/sec | Image detection | 259.1 images/sec |
| 328.1 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 344.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.9 images/sec | Background blur | 41.7 images/sec |
| 109.9 images/sec | Photo processing | 97.1 images/sec |
| 10.3 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 12.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 10 tests | Samples | — |
| 25501 | Compute Score (GPU) | 27019 |
| 47.2 images/sec | Background blur | 43.4 images/sec |
| 26.1 images/sec | Face detection | 20.2 images/sec |
| 0.78 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 1.03 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.31 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1.41 Gpixels/sec |
| 1.68 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 2.05 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.28 Gpixels/sec |
| 91.9 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 95 Gpixels/sec |
| 3324.6 FPS | Particle physics | 4524 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 7 tests | Samples | 4 tests |
| 3119 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 3108 |
| 3119 | Score | 3108 |
| 52% | Stability | — |
| 23 FPS | Graphics test | 23 FPS |
| 13308 | 3DMark Solar Bay | 12698 |
| 13308 | Score | 12698 |
| 51 FPS | Graphics test | 48 FPS |
| 57 FPS | Section 1 | 55 FPS |
| 51 FPS | Section 2 | 48 FPS |
| 45 FPS | Section 3 | 42 FPS |
| 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro | Architecture | 1x 3.8 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz – C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz – C1-Pro |
| 8 | Cores | 10 |
| 4210 MHz | Frequency | 3800 MHz |
| ARMv9.3-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| 2 MB | L2 cache | 3 MB |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 2 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 5333 MHz | Memory frequency | 5333 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 2x 32 Bit |
| 85.3 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| — | Modem | Exynos 5410 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | — |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 10700 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 14790 Mbps |
| — | Upload speed | Up to 4900 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 4.1 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 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 - VP9 |
| - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 | Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
| MediaTek NPU 990 | Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU |
| September 2025 | Announced | December 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| MT6993 | Model number | S5E9965 |
| Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 960 |
| Valhall 5th gen | Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| 1716 MHz | GPU frequency | 980 MHz |
| 12 | Pipelines | 8 |
| 128 | Shading units | 128 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 1024 |
| 5271.5 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 4014.1 Gigaflops |