MediaTek has unveiled its two latest flagship mobile chips, the Dimensity 9500s and Dimensity 8500, These two products inherit numerous advanced technologies from Dimensity’s flagship chipsets and are designed to bring the flagship experience to a wider audience, allowing more users to enjoy their inherent all-around capabilities. They deliver outstanding performance across performance, energy efficiency, AI, graphics processing, gaming, and connectivity, injecting new momentum into the flagship market.
MediaTek Unveils Dimensity 9500s and Dimensity 8500, Infusing New Energy into Its Flagship Chips
Dimensity 9500s
The Dimensity 9500s utilizes a flagship-level 3-nanometer process and an all-big-core architecture, integrating one Cortex-X925 super-large core with a clock speed of up to 3.73 GHz, three Cortex-X4 super-large cores, and four Cortex-A720 large cores, paired with class-leading high-capacity, high-speed cache memory and the Dimensity Scheduling Engine, fully unleashing the performance and energy efficiency of mobile devices.
In terms of graphics performance, the Dimensity 9500s features a built-in Immortalis-G925 GPU that maintains a stable, full frame rate even in high-demand 3A mobile games, delivering an immersive gaming experience and meeting the demands of hardcore gamers and the esports community for ultimate performance. The chip supports advanced ray-tracing technology and is equipped with the Dimensity OMM Ray Tracing Engine, which efficiently renders realistic lighting and reflection effects to deliver console-quality visuals. Through the Dimensity StarSpeed Engine’s MAGT Dynamic Game Tuning 3.0 and MediaTek Frame Rate Converter 3.0, energy efficiency in mainstream games is significantly improved, resulting in longer battery life and support for up to 165 FPS, helping players gain the upper hand in competitive matches.
The Dimensity 9500s also integrates a flagship-level NPU, offering powerful on-device AI computing capabilities. It has been deeply optimized for generative AI inference and multimodal models, enhancing applications such as image processing and content generation. The chip supports a wide range of AI features, including real-time photo enhancement, AI image upscaling, background removal, object removal, and AI summarization for calls, meetings, and documents, helping brands create truly personal, on-the-go AI devices that meet the needs of social content creation and mobile productivity.
In terms of imaging, the Dimensity 9500s features an advanced MediaTek Imagiq ISP that supports real-time 30 FPS motion tracking autofocus and 8K Dolby Vision HDR recording across the entire focal range, allowing creators to effortlessly capture clear, vivid footage. The chip also boasts excellent burst shooting and noise reduction capabilities, delivering a fast and refined flagship-level photography experience. The MediaTek Dimensity 9500s also features the following capabilities:
- The 5G Release-17 modem supports four-carrier aggregation (4CC-CA), with downlink speeds of up to 7 Gbps.
- Supports MediaTek 5G UltraSave 4.0 power-saving technology.
- Supports AI Network Suite 2.0, which improves network performance in areas with poor network signals.
- Supports MediaTek Xtra Range™ 3.0 technology to extend indoor Wi-Fi range.
- The Bluetooth connection range between two phones can reach up to 5 kilometers.
Dimensity 8500
The Dimensity 8500 is built on an energy-efficient 4-nanometer process and features an all-big-core CPU architecture, comprising eight Cortex-A725 big cores with a maximum clock speed of 3.4GHz, delivering comprehensive improvements in both performance and energy efficiency. The chip supports precise scheduling technology and is compatible with high-speed LPDDR5X 9600 Mbps memory, allowing users to enjoy a smooth and long-lasting battery life experience during everyday use, gaming, and multitasking.
In terms of graphics performance, the Dimensity 8500 is equipped with an upgraded octa-core Mali-G720 GPU, delivering a 25% increase in peak performance over the previous generation while reducing power consumption by 20% at the same performance level. Combined with enhanced computing cores, Dimensity Scheduler, and the StarSpeed Dual Engine, the chip delivers a flagship-level gaming experience featuring stable frame rates, fast loading times, and high energy efficiency. In addition, the Dimensity 8500 introduces ray tracing technology to a variety of mobile games, delivering more realistic lighting and shadow effects to further enhance player immersion. The MediaTek Dimensity 8500 also features the following capabilities:
- It integrates the powerful MediaTek NPU 880 and supports the world’s leading large language models (LLM/MLLM) and image generation models (Stable Diffusion).
- Supports an AI-powered ultra-clear telephoto algorithm that faithfully reproduces details, ensuring sharp images at both near and far distances.
- The Dimensity AI Semantic Segmentation Engine intelligently recognizes image content and optimizes it frame by frame.
- Supports AI reflection removal, glare reduction, and magic removal technology, allowing you to generate high-quality photos with a single click.
The Dimensity 9500s is designed to bring a flagship experience to the masses, allowing more users to enjoy its inherent all-around performance and a flagship experience that’s highly competitive among products in its class; The Dimensity 8500, on the other hand, is a “light flagship” mobile chipset designed specifically for the younger generation. It fully showcases Dimensity’s signature features—such as all-big cores and high energy efficiency—to maintain its reputation for exceptional performance among gamers.
Source: KOCPC Chinese