MediaTek has announced the launch of its most advanced mobile platform yet: The MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Setting new standards in on-device artificial intelligence (AI), console-class gaming, and power efficiency, the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 is engineered to super-charge the next wave of flagship 5G smartphones.
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 adopts a third-generation All Big Core CPU design, combining a 4.21GHz ultra core, three premium cores, and four performance cores, with four-lane UFS 4.1 storage. This design delivers up to 29 per cent higher single-core and 16 per cent higher multi-core performance compared to the previous generation, while the ultra-core achieves up to 55 per cent lower power consumption at peak performance, giving users longer battery life and greater productivity.
Commenting on the announcement, JC Hsu, corporate senior vice president, MediaTek, and general manager, wireless communications business unit, said, “As AI becomes part of everyday life, consumers want devices that feel smarter, faster, and more personal without sacrificing battery life. The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 delivers exactly that: Breakthrough on-device AI, top-tier performance and efficiency, and a full suite of premium experiences that our partners can bring to users around the world.”
The platform’s new cache and memory architecture, including the industry’s first support for 4-channel UFS4.1, doubles read/write speeds and accelerates large AI model loading by 40 per cent. The second-generation Dimensity scheduler translates this raw power into smoother responsiveness and sustained efficiency, even under heavy workloads.
Integrating the Arm G1-Ultra GPU, the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 provides up to 33 per cent higher peak performance and 42 per cent improved power efficiency, and introduces double frame rate interpolation up to 120FPS, so gamers can enjoy console-level raytracing. MediaTek’s collaboration with leading studios, along with support for MegaLights in Unreal Engine 5.6 and Nanite in Unreal Engine 5.5, enable AAA-level real-time rendering and immersive lighting effects.
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 platform delivers a truly agentic AI UX, with proactive, personalised, collaborative, evolving, and secure AI features. Integrating the ninth-generation MediaTek NPU 990 with Generative AI Engine 2.0 doubles compute power and introduces BitNet 1-bit large model processing, reducing power consumption by up to 25 per cent. The ultra-efficient NPU enables always-on small models, slashing power consumption by more than 40 per cent. Users benefit from 100 per cent faster 3 billion parameter LLM output, 128K token long text processing, and the industry’s first 4k ultra-high-resolution image generation.
With MediaTek Imagiq 1190, the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 supports RAW-domain pre-processing, up to 200MP capture, and NPU-assisted focusing, while enabling cinematic 4K 60FPS portrait video. The platform’s connectivity suite includes MiraVision adaptive display, AI-driven Bluetooth call enhancement, Wi-Fi fast transfer, and multi-network intelligence for seamless calls and data. AI-powered communication technologies deliver up to 10 per cent lower power in 5G and 20 per cent lower power in Wi-Fi scenarios, while 5CC carrier aggregation boosts bandwidth by 15 per cent. AI positioning and network selection technologies offer 20 per cent higher accuracy and 50 per cent lower network latency lag compared to competitors.
