First MediaTek Dimensity 9500 hands-on benchmarks show CPU parity but GPU dominance over the A19 Pro
MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 9500 yesterday. The new flagship chipset will rival Apple's A19 Pro and the imminent Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and has now been put through a series of benchmarks to see how it compares to Apple's latest offering.
As tested by Xiaobai's Tech Reviews, the Dimensity 9500 delivers a single-core score of 3,635 and a multi-core score of 10,941. For the A19 Pro, those numbers are 3,981 and 10,798. Those figures indicate parity of sorts between the two chipsets, with Apple's A19 Pro holding a 10% advantage in the single-core test, but being a touch worse at the multi-core one.
It's a different matter in raw GPU performance, however. The new Dimensity 9500 scores 8,251 on 3DMark's Wild Life Extreme test, versus the A19 Pro's 6,557—a sizable 25% advantage for the MediaTek chipset. Those numbers are identical on other GPU tests as well: on GFXBench's Aztec 1440P test, the Dimensity 9500 runs at 155 FPS, while the A19 Pro does a significantly worse 96 FPS. Even on a raytracing test like Solar Bay Extreme, the Dimensity 9500 stays ahead with a 2,605 score versus the A19 Pro's 2,411.
It's important to note that these tests were likely carried out on a reference design device for the Dimensity 9500, as no smartphone featuring the chipset has been released. That will change in October, however, and it'll be interesting to see how MediaTek's new chipset is implemented by OEMs like Oppo and Vivo.
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