Dimensity 9600 Pro vs Dimensity 9500
What one MediaTek generation actually buys you
Overview
Dimensity 9600 Pro
Process: 2nm
Announced: Sep 2026
Dimensity 9500
Process: 3nm
Announced: Sep 2025
Benchmarks
No retail phone with the Dimensity 9600 Pro has been lab-tested yet, so there are no scores to compare. They will appear here once one has.
At A Glance | ||
| Specification | D9600 Pro  | D9500  |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | MediaTek | MediaTek |
| Announced | Sep 2026Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 2025Sep 22, 2025 |
| Process node | 2nmTSMC N2P | 3nmTSMC N3P |
| Found in | vivo X500 Provivo X500 Pro Max, OPPO Find X10 Pro Max | vivo X300 Provivo X300, OPPO Find X9 Pro |
CPU | ||
| Layout | 2 + 3 + 3All big core | 1 + 3 + 4All big core |
| Cores | 2x C2-Ultra6x C2-Pro | 1x C1-Ultra3x C1-Premium, 4x C1-Pro |
| Peak clock | 4.55GHz3x C2-Pro at 4.35GHz, 3x C2-Pro at 3.1GHz | 4.21GHz3x C1-Premium at 3.5GHz, 4x C1-Pro at 2.7GHz |
| L2 cache | 2MB + 1MB + 512KBPer core: C2-Ultra, C2-Pro, C2-Pro | 2MB + 1MB + 512KBPer core: C1-Ultra, C1-Premium, C1-Pro |
| L3 cache | 16MB | 16MB |
| System cache | 10MBSLC; 34.5MB cache in total | 10MBSLC |
| Scheduling | Dimensity Scheduling Engine 3.0 | Dimensity Scheduling Engine 2.0 |
GPU and gaming | ||
| GPU | Mali-G2 Ultra NX | Mali-G1 Ultra MC1212 cores |
| Ray tracing | HardwareOMM and ray tracing pipeline | Hardware120fps ray-traced gaming |
| Graphics APIs | VulkanWith machine learning extensions | VulkanRay tracing pipeline |
| Gaming tech | Neural Graphics ArchitectureUp to 185fps; GPU and NPU sync | MediaTek HyperEngineMRFC 3.0 lifts 60fps titles to 120fps |
AI and NPU | ||
| NPU | NPU 1090Plus Super Efficient NPU 2.0 | NPU 990Plus CIM-based Super Efficient NPU |
| AI engine | Dimensity Agentic AI Engine | Generative AI Engine 2.0 |
| Always-on NPU | Super Efficient NPU 2.040% lower always-on AI power | Super Efficient NPUCompute-in-memory |
| On-device LLM | Up to 30B parametersMoE inference, KV-cache compression | BitNet 1.58-bit128K token context |
Memory and storage | ||
| Memory | LPDDR6LPDDR5X also supported | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 10667MT/sLPDDR6 and LPDDR5X | 10667MT/s |
| Storage | UFS 5.0 | UFS 4.14-lane |
Camera and ISP | ||
| ISP | Imagiq 1290AI Imaging Fusion Architecture | Imagiq 1190 |
| Max sensor | 200MP | 320MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60fps4K at 120fps with EIS | 8K at 60fps4K at 120fps with EIS |
| Video features | 4K60 96dB HDR17EV HDR video with LOFIC; 4K120 cinematic log | 4K60 cinematic mode4K at 120fps with EIS |
Display and video | ||
| On-device display | WQHD+ at 180HzTri-port MIPI for tri-fold displays | WQHD+ at 180HzTri-port MIPI for tri-fold displays |
| Video decode | H.266, AV1, H.265, VP9H.264; 8K at 60fps, 10-bit | AV1, H.265, VP9H.264; 8K at 60fps, 10-bit |
| Video encode | 8K at 30fps, 10-bitH.265, H.264; 8K at 60fps 8-bit H.265 | 8K at 30fps, 10-bitH.265, H.264; 8K at 60fps 8-bit H.265 |
| Display tech | BT.2020 color pipelineMulti-frame overdrive | MiraVision SmartScreenDown to 1 nit |
Cellular | ||
| Modem | Integrated 5GSub-6GHz, 5CC carrier aggregation | Integrated 5GSub-6GHz, 5CC carrier aggregation |
| Peak download | Over 7.4Gbps5CC, 350MHz | 7.4Gbps5CC, 350MHz |
| mmWave | Not supportedSub-6GHz (FR1) only | Not supportedSub-6GHz (FR1) only |
| 3GPP release | Release 17 | Release 17 |
| SIM | Triple SIM triple active5G/4G | Dual SIM dual active5G/4G |
| Downlink | 5CC, 350MHzLow-band DL 4x4 MIMO | 5CC, 350MHzLow-band DL 4x4 MIMO |
| Uplink | 2CC, 200MHzFDD UL 2x2 MIMO | 2CC, 200MHzFDD UL 2x2 MIMO |
| Modem power saving | 5G UltraSave 2.0 | 5G UltraSave10% savings with AI traffic prediction |
Wi-Fi and connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7Triple band triple concurrency | Wi-Fi 7Triple band triple concurrency |
| Wi-Fi peak | 7.3Gbps | 7.3Gbps |
| Bluetooth | 6.2Dual Bluetooth engine | 6.0Dual Bluetooth engine |
| Navigation | GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavICMulti-band, L1 and L5 | GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavICMulti-band, L1 and L5 |
| Wi-Fi concurrency | Triple band triple concurrency | Triple band triple concurrency5 streams (2x2 + 2x2 + 1x1) |
| Bluetooth peak | 12Mbps | 12Mbps |
Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-10-20