Dimensity 9500’s Partial Specifications & Performance Numbers Shared By Tipster; MediaTek’s Flagship SoC Tipped To Be Faster Than Apple’s A19 Pro In Multi-Core Capabilities

MediaTek is preparing to launch the Dimensity 9500 later this year, and being fabricated on TSMC’s third-generation 3nm process, or ‘N3P,’ will open up more performance possibilities for the company to compete with its rivals from Apple and Qualcomm. A tipster has now shared some specifications of the upcoming flagship SoC, while also stating some estimated single-core and multi-core scores. In short, the Dimensity 9500 will give the A19 Pro a run for its money.

More specification details mention that the Dimensity 9500 will offer an upgraded all-core architecture, with bumps in the L3 and SLC cache

While the CPU cluster was not mentioned by Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station, we have previously reported that the Dimensity 9500 would sport a ‘2 + 6’ configuration, with its performance cores said to be tested at 4.00GHz. There are other ways in which MediaTek will bump up its upcoming flagship SoC’s capabilities, with the L3 cache increased to 16MB, and SLC cache going up to 10MB. In case you forgot, we provided a closer look at Xiaomi’s XRING 01, revealing that the company did not use any SLC cache to prioritize efficiency during light workloads.

The Dimensity 9500 could have different intentions, as MediaTek could aim for better performance against its competitors in exchange for a slight increase in the power draw. The tipster also mentions that there will be a new NPU, with the estimated single-core and multi-core scores of 3,900+ and 11,000+, respectively. While Apple’s A19 Pro will be faster than the Dimensity 9500 in the single-threaded department, the comparison shows that the latter will have the upper hand in the multi-core category.

However, unlike the A19 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, the Dimensity 9500 will not rely on custom cores and its configuration will likely sport ARM’s newer CPU designs, like the Cortex-X930, which was previously rumored to offer better performance compared to Apple’s A19 and A19 Pro. As for why the Dimensity 9500 could be faster, like the M4, it could support ARM’s Scalable Matrix Extension (SME), which allows for running complex workloads more efficiently.

All of these details sound impressive, and the fact that Apple’s chipsets will be slower than the Dimensity 9500 will be an interesting turn of events, but to see an actual comparison, we will to wait for more updates, so stay tuned.