Overview
- Dimensity 9500s uses a 3nm All Big Core design with one Cortex‑X925 (up to 3.73GHz), three Cortex‑X4, four Cortex‑A720, and an Immortalis‑G925 GPU tuned for ray tracing and high‑frame‑rate gaming.
- MediaTek equips the 9500s with a flagship NPU for generative and multimodal workloads, plus Imagiq imaging that supports up to 320MP sensors and 8K 60fps Dolby Vision HDR recording.
- Connectivity on the 9500s includes an integrated 5G Release‑17 modem (up to 7Gbps downlink), Wi‑Fi 7, and a claimed Bluetooth phone‑to‑phone range of up to 5km.
- Dimensity 8500 targets the premium midrange with a 4nm All Big Core setup of eight Cortex‑A725 cores (up to 3.4GHz), Mali‑G720 GPU, LPDDR5X and UFS 4 support, an 8th‑gen NPU, Wi‑Fi 6E, and 4K 60fps video.
- MediaTek frames 9500s as a near‑flagship step‑down to challenge Qualcomm in lower‑cost tiers, with no partner devices announced yet; one report names Redmi Turbo 5 Max/POCO X8 Pro Max as a potential first adopter, which remains unconfirmed.