MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Which One is Better

CPU

Architecture

1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro

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Frequency

4210 MHz

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Cores

8

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Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

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L3 cache

16 MB

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Process

3 nm

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Manufacturing

TSMC

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Graphics

GPU name

Mali-G1 Ultra MP12

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GPU frequency

1750 MHz

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Shading units

128

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Vulkan version

1.4

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OpenCL version

3.0

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DirectX version

12.1

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Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

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Memory frequency

5333 MHz

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Bus

4x 16 Bit

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Max bandwidth

85.3 Gb/s

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AI

NPU

MediaTek NPU 990

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Theoretical Performance

100 TOPS

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Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type

UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1

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Max camera resolution

1x 320MP

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Video capture

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

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Video playback

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

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Video codecs

- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9

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Audio codecs

- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3

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Connectivity

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

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5G support

Yes

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Download speed

Up to 10700 Mbps

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Wi-Fi

7

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Bluetooth

6.0

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Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

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Info

Announced

Sep 2025

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Class

Flagship

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Official page

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General Parameters

Release Date

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Oct 2023

Manufacturer

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Qualcomm

Type

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Laptop

Instruction Set

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Arm-64

Core Architecture

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Oryon

Processor Number

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Snapdragon X Elite

Integrated Graphics

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Adreno

Generation

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Oryon

Package

Manufacturing Process

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4 nm

Power Consumption

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23-65 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

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80 W

Foundry

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Samsung TSMC

Die Size

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mm²

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

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12

Performance Core Threads

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12

Performance Core Base Frequency

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3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

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4.3 GHz

Total Core Count

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12

Total Thread Count

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12

Bus Frequency

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100 MHz

L3 Cache

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42 MB

Unlocked Multiplier

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No

SMP

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1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

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LPDDR5x-8448

Max Memory Size

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64 GB

Max Memory Channels

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2

Max Memory Bandwidth

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135 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

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No

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

Miscellaneous

Official Website

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PCIe Version

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4.0

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

4,011,932

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Geekbench 6

3,781

2,980

Geekbench 6

12,189

15,226

FP32 (float)

5,376

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Cinebench R23

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1,673

Cinebench R23

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14,548

Cinebench 2024

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133

Cinebench 2024

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1,220