MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
3250 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
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L3 cache
6 MB
16 MB
Process
4 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G720 MP7
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.4
OpenCL version
3.2
3.0
DirectX version
12
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
85.3 Gb/s

AI

NPU
MediaTek NPU 880
MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
-
100 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5170 Mbps
Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
6.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 24

Info

Announced
Dec 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6899, MT6899Z
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Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,623,874
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
1,571
3,781
Geekbench 6
6,033
12,189
FP32 (float)
-
5,376