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.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Mediatek Dimensity 9500
- 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)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
97
|
78
|
| GPU Score |
98
|
82
|
| Memory Score |
100
|
95
|
| Total Score |
98
|
84
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
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 Score
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
| Chipset | 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 Name | Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 | Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Video Capture | 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 |
| Display Support | 3840x2160 | 3840x2160 |
Connectivity
| Modem | 3GPP Release 17 5G | MediaTek T830 5G |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | 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 Version | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |