MediaTek Dimensity 9500 running score exposed: single-core performance soared 34.5%

Recently, the first running score data of MediaTek's next-generation flagship processor Dimensity 9500 officially surfaced. According to the latest revelations of the blogger, the chip adopts a breakthrough all-large core CPU architecture design, with a specific configuration of 1 3.23GHz Travis super-large core + 3 3.03GHz Alto cores + 4 2.23GHz Gelas cores. The Travis super-large core is the first to be equipped with Arm's new generation X930 architecture. The graphics processor is equipped with a new Mali-G1-Ultra MC12 GPU, with an initial frequency set to 1MHz. The full performance data is expected to be announced next month.

It is understood that the engineering sample achieved a theoretical score of over 3900 points in single-core and over 11000 points in multi-core in the Geekbench 6 test, which is 34.5% and 19.6% higher than the previous generation Dimensity 9400 single-core 2900+ and multi-core 9200+ benchmarks respectively. What is more noteworthy is that its single-core performance has surpassed Apple A18 Pro's 3605 points, and its multi-core performance is 17.3% ahead of the latter, becoming a new performance benchmark for the Android camp. The key to supporting this leap is the support of 16MB of L3 cache and 10MB of system-level cache, combined with support for 4-channel LPDDR5x 10667Mbps memory and UFS 4.1 storage, which significantly optimizes data throughput efficiency.

In terms of manufacturing technology, Dimensity 9500 is built on TSMC's N3P advanced process, with a 5% increase in transistor density and a 10% reduction in power consumption at the same frequency. The processor also fully upgrades the three core IP modules of CPU/GPU/NPU, especially by supporting the SME scalable matrix extension instruction set, which strengthens AI computing and multimedia task processing capabilities. As planned, this flagship chip will be officially released in September, and the industry generally expects that OPPO Find X9 and vivo X300 series new phones are expected to win the first launch again. As the mass production schedule approaches, the performance competition in the Android flagship chip market has entered a white-hot stage ahead of schedule.