New Delhi: MediaTek has finally unveiled its most-awaited chip in India, the flagship processor, which is going to make the device more powerful in terms of overall specifications. MediaTek Dimensity 9500, for the premium 5G smartphones, offers an on-device AI along with improvements in gaming and efficiency. Smartphones running on the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 are expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2025. It uses the third-generation all big core CPU design, featuring a 4.21GHz ultra core, three premium cores, and four performance cores, with the four lane UFS 4.1 storage.
It will integrate the Arm G1-Ultra GPU, which officially claims up to 33% higher peak performance and 42% improved power efficiency, and introduce double frame rate interpolation up to 120FPS. The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 platform has the ninth-generation MediaTek NPU 990 with generative AI Engine 2.0, which is stated to double compute power and also introduces BitNet 1-bit large model processing, reducing power consumption by up to 25%. The NPU enables always-on small models, reducing power consumption by more than 40%.
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 comes with the MediaTek Imagiq 1190 that supports RAW-domain pre-processing, up to 200MP capture, and NPU-assisted focusing, along with 4K 60FPS portrait video. The connectivity suite includes MiraVision adaptive display, AI-driven Bluetooth call enhancement, Wi-Fi fast transfer, and multi-network intelligence.
