MediaTek just unleashed two new chips that could supercharge flagship smartphones

“As leaders in global smartphone market share, we are committed to increasing our investment in advanced technologies and making cutting-edge products accessible to more people,” said JC Hsu, Corporate Senior Vice President at MediaTek and General Manager of its Wireless Communications Business Unit. “These two Dimensity chipsets are designed to bring flagship-level and premium experiences to more users, while staying true to our vision of delivering the best possible performance and power efficiency.”

Dimensity 9500s: Power built to last

Built on a flagship 3nm process and featuring an all big-core architecture, the Dimensity 9500s is designed to deliver sustained high performance with improved energy efficiency.

The octa-core CPU includes:

One Cortex-X925 ultra core clocked at up to 3.73GHz

Three Cortex-X4 premium cores

Four Cortex-A720 performance cores

Graphics performance is handled by the Immortalis-G925 GPU, enabling smooth, full-frame gameplay in demanding titles with support for advanced ray tracing. MediaTek’s Adaptive Game Technology 3.0 (MAGT 3.0) and Frame Rate Converter 3.0 (MFRC 3.0) further enhance power efficiency, helping extend battery life during intensive gaming sessions.

The chipset integrates a flagship-class NPU optimized for generative reasoning and multi-modal AI models, enabling advanced on-device capabilities such as live photo post-processing, AI photo editing (including outpainting, matting and object removal), and AI-powered content summarisation for calls, meetings and files.

For imaging, the Dimensity 9500s features MediaTek’s advanced Imagiq image processor, supporting real-time 30fps motion tracking and 8K full-focus Dolby Vision HDR video recording. Enhanced snapshot performance and noise-reduction technologies ensure fast, clear and vivid image capture.

Key features of Dimensity 9500s include:

5G Release-17 modem with 4CC carrier aggregation and up to 7Gbps downlink speeds

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 4.0 power-saving technology

AI Network Suite 2.0 for improved performance in weak signal environments

MediaTek Xtra Range 3.0 to extend indoor Wi-Fi coverage

Phone-to-phone Bluetooth direct connection of up to 5 kilometres

Dimensity 8500: Powerful performance for ultra-fast play

The Dimensity 8500 is built on an energy-efficient 4nm process and features an all big-core CPU architecture with eight Cortex-A725 cores clocked at up to 3.4GHz, delivering improved performance and power efficiency.

The chipset supports accurate task scheduling and LPDDR5X memory at up to 9600Mbps, enabling smooth multitasking, responsive gaming and extended battery life for everyday use.

Graphics are powered by the Mali-G720 GPU, which delivers a 25% increase in peak performance compared with the previous generation, while reducing power consumption by 20%.

With an upgraded computing core and gaming engine, the Dimensity 8500 offers full-frame stability, faster load times and high energy efficiency. The chipset also brings ray tracing to mainstream mobile games, enhancing visual realism and overall immersion.