Leaker details new high-end MediaTek Dimensity chipset plans ahead of schedule

Digital Chat Station has shed light on the state of MediaTek's flagship Dimensity division going forward. To recap, the company introduced the Dimensity 9500 last month as a foil to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. So far, only Oppo and Vivo have taken up the Dimensity 9500 inside their Find X9 and X300 series, respectively.

Typically, MediaTek offers a mid-cycle refresh of its flagship mobile chipset at some stage. For instance, the Dimensity 9300 Plus arrived in July 2024, eight months after MediaTek presented the Dimensity 9300. Meanwhile, the company complemented the Dimensity 9400 by introducing the Dimensity 9400 Plus spring, which now powers devices like Samsung's Galaxy Tab S11 and Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra (curr. $1,149.99 on Amazon). Among these sits the Dimensity 9400e, a slower Dimensity 9400 that debuted a month after its regular counterpart.

According to Digital Chat Station, MediaTek may take a similar approach with its Dimensity 9500 series with a new chipset launch early next year. Writing on Weibo, the leaker reports that MediaTek has scheduled a Q1 2026 announcement for what it suggests is more of a 'Dimensity 9400++' than a true Dimensity 9500 chipset. To that end, the unnamed chipset will revert to TSMC's N3E node that it uses on the Dimensity 9400 Plus but not the newer Dimensity 9500.

Likewise, the so-called Dimensity 9400++ is said to feature four ARM Cortex-A720 efficiency cores, three Cortex-X4 cores and a single Cortex-X925 prime core clocked at 3.73 GHz just like its direct predecessor. Likewise, Digital Chat Station expects the unreleased chipset to retain an Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU clocked at 1,612 MHz. Apparently, MediaTek hopes to distinguish the Dimensity 9400++ from its current chipset via hardware optimisations and software enhancements. Unfortunately, Digital Chat Station has not offered any clarity in these regards yet.