Overview

• The Dimensity 9500 adopts a third‑generation All Big Core CPU using Arm C1 cores (1× C1‑Ultra at 4.21GHz, 3× C1‑Premium, 4× C1‑Pro) on TSMC’s 3nm process with support for four‑lane UFS 4.1 storage.
• MediaTek cites up to 32% higher single‑core and 17% higher multi‑core performance versus Dimensity 9400, with the ultra core drawing up to 55% less power at peak and multitasking efficiency improved by up to 30%.
• An Arm G1‑Ultra GPU delivers up to 33% higher peak performance and 42% better power efficiency, hardware‑accelerated ray tracing with interpolation to 120FPS, and integrations such as Unreal Engine MegaLights and Nanite.
• The ninth‑generation NPU 990 with Generative AI Engine 2.0 doubles AI compute, adds low‑bit BitNet processing, enables 4K on‑device image generation and 128K‑token contexts, and promises 100% faster 3B‑parameter LLM output.
• Early devices from Oppo and Vivo are expected in Q4 2025, with some reports pointing to October launches, as the 9500 targets Qualcomm’s forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5; independent device‑level testing is still to come.