Mediatek Dimensity 9500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9300
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9300, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Mediatek Dimensity 9500 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 GPU, while the Mediatek Dimensity 9300 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU.
Why Mediatek Dimensity 9500 is better than Mediatek Dimensity 9300
- 11% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)
- 32% higher compute power (5.271 TFLOPS vs 3.99 TFLOPS)
- 11% higher memory frequency (5333 MHz vs 4800 MHz)
- Released 1 year and 10 months later - (september 2025 vs November 2023)
- Geekbench 6 shows 47% faster single-core and 20% faster multi-core performance
- 74% higher AnTuTu score (3.58M vs 2.06M)
- 30% Faster CPU clock speed (4210 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4 nm
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.3-A vs ARMv9-A)
Performance scores
CPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
97
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
78
GPU score
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
98
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
82
Memory score
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
100
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
95
Total score
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
98
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
84
AnTuTu 10
Mediatek Dimensity 9500 +74%
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
3,584,277
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,055,084
| CPU | 1,021,103 | 485,064 |
| GPU | 1,369,827 | 899,463 |
| MEM | 372,002 | 357,691 |
| UX | 821,345 | 312,866 |
| TOTAL | 3,584,277 | 2,055,084 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9500 +47%
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
3,295
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,248
Multi-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9500 +20%
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
9,391
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
7,824
| Single-Core | 3,295 | 2,248 |
| Multi-Core | 9,391 | 7,824 |
General
| SoC Name | Mediatek Dimensity 9500 | Mediatek Dimensity 9300 |
| Launch Date | september 2025 | November 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | MT6993 | MT6989 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 4.21 GHz - C1-Ultra 3x 3.50 GHz - C1-Premium 4x 2.70 GHz - C1-Pro |
1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex X4 3x 2.85 GHz - Cortex A720 4x 2.0 GHz - Cortex-A720 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 4210 MHz | 3250 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP | - | 7 Watts |
GPU
| GPU | Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 | Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 |
| GPU Architecture | 5th Gen Valhall Architecture | 5th Gen Valhall Architecture |
| GPU Frequency | 1716 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek NPU 990 | MediaTek APU 790 |
| Shading Units | 128 | 768 |
| Compute Performance | 5.271 TFLOPS | 3.99 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes |
| Max Refresh Rate | 180 Hz at WQHD+ | 180Hz (WQHD) |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x16-bit channels |
| Max Bandwidth | 85.3 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 320 MP |
| Max Display Resolution | 3840x2160 | 3840x2160 |
| Video Recording | 8K @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS | 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS | 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | HEVC, AVC, VP9, AV1 | H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, and MP3 | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | 3GPP Release 17 5G | MediaTek T830 5G |
| 4G | Yes | Yes |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 10.7 Gbps | Up to 7.9 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.5 Gbps | Up to 4.2 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |