Overview
- MediaTek announced the Dimensity 9600 Pro on Tuesday, September 15, saying it is its first smartphone SoC built on TSMC’s 2nm N2P node and that companion 9600M uses 3nm to broaden the lineup.
- The company describes a 2+3+3 All Big Core CPU layout with a larger 34.5MB cache, first‑wave LPDDR6 and UFS 5.0 support, and a G2‑Ultra NX GPU, and it reports single‑core gains of up to 17% and up to 27% peak GPU improvement versus its prior generation.
- MediaTek frames on‑device generative AI as central to the chip, citing a dual‑NPU Agentic AI architecture—an NPU 1090 plus a Super Efficient NPU—that it says can run models up to about 30 billion parameters while cutting AI power use by up to roughly 40%.
- OPPO has confirmed the Find X10 Pro Max will use the 9600 Pro and several OEMs have signaled first devices will arrive in the coming weeks to months, but all performance and efficiency numbers so far come from MediaTek and await independent benchmarks and real‑world reviews.
- The 2nm move is a strategic bid to win more flagship share against rivals like Qualcomm, and it ties to MediaTek’s broader AI push and recent financing that included major industry investors, which could speed the company’s entry into higher‑margin phones and cloud AI hardware.