MediaTek has launched the Dimensity 9500 chipset, its most advanced mobile platform with on-device AI, boasting big improvements in performance, power efficiency, and power consumption. Targeting flagship 5G smartphones, the chipset leverages a third-generation All-Big-Core CPU design for greater performance, a new cache and memory architecture, and a new compute-in-memory-based (CIM) neural processing unit (NPU).
(Source: MediaTek)
The Dimensity 9500 combines a 4.21-GHz ultra core, three premium cores, and four performance cores, with four-lane UFS 4.1 storage. This design delivers up to 32% higher single-core and 17% higher multi-core performance compared to the previous generation. The ultra core achieves up to 55% lower power consumption at peak performance, translating into longer battery life. The 9500 is also up to 30% more power efficient while multitasking in games and social audio call apps, MediaTek said.
The company also announces a new cache and memory architecture for the Dimensity 9500, including the industry’s first support for four-channel UFS4.1. The platform doubles read/write speeds and accelerates large AI model loading by 40%, according to the company, and thanks to the second-generation Dimensity Scheduling Engine it delivers sustained efficiency even under heavy workloads.
The platform also delivers console-level gaming with an integrated Arm G1-Ultra GPU. The Dimensity 9500 claims up to 33% higher peak performance and 42% improved power efficiency, and introduces higher frame rate interpolation up to 120 frames-per-second (fps) raytracing.
MediaTek attributes the AAA-level real-time rendering and immersive lighting effects to its collaboration with leading studios, and support for MegaLights in Unreal Engine 5.6 and Nanite in Unreal Engine 5.5.
In addition, the agentic AI UX is powered by the ninth-generation MediaTek NPU 990 with generative AI Engine 2.0, which is reported to double the compute power as well as introduces BitNet 1.58-bit large model processing, reducing power consumption by up to 33%. Doubling its integer and floating-point computing capabilities translates into 100% faster 3-billion parameter LLM output and 128K token long text processing. It also claims the industry’s first 4k ultra-high-definition image generation, while cutting power consumption at peak performance by 56%.
The Dimensity 9500 is the first to support an integrated CIM architecture for its newly-added Super Efficient NPU. This reduces power consumption and enables AI models to run continuously, MediaTek said.
The smartphone platform also integrates the MediaTek Imagiq 1190 ISP, delivering RAW-domain pre-processing, up to 200-megapixel capture, 30-fps continuous focus tracking, and a new portrait engine, and enables cinematic 4K 60-fps portrait video. It also sports the latest MiraVision Adaptive Display technology, which dynamically adjusts contrast and color saturation based on ambient lighting, panel characteristics, and real-time content analysis. This provides benefits in high-brightness (outdoors) and extremely dark (indoors) environments.
Connectivity features include Bluetooth call enhancement, Wi-Fi fast transfer, and multi-network intelligence. MediaTek said the AI-powered communication technologies deliver up to 10% lower power in 5G and 20% lower power in Wi-Fi scenarios, while 5CC carrier aggregation increases bandwidth by 15%. The company also claims that AI positioning and network selection technologies offer 20% higher accuracy, as well as 50% lower network latency thanks to AI congestion prediction.
Flagship smartphones powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 are expected in the fourth quarter of 2025. Click here for more information about the MediaTek Dimensity portfolio.
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