What you need to know • The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 is a 3nm, octo-core flagship chipset with a 32% performance boost over the Dimensity 9400. • Its GPU is 33% faster and is capable of hitting 120FPS with raytracing. • The NPU is 100% faster for LLM output and is designed to handle more AI tasks on-device. • Flagship phones from Oppo and Vivo will use the Dimensity 9500 before the end of 2025.

MediaTek announced its new Dimensity 9500, a 3rd-generation 3nm TSMC chipset with no efficiency cores, on Monday. It will challenge the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 that Qualcomm plans to announce on Tuesday.

The Dimensity 9500 uses one Arm C1-Ultra core (4.21GHz), three C1-Premiums (3.5GHz), and four C1-Pros (2.7GHz), delivering a 32% CPU single-core boost and 55% improved single-core efficien

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