Dimensity 9500s vs A20 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500s (Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12) with the newer 6-core Apple A20 Pro (Apple A20 Pro GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
- Performs 71% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Supports 35% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 85.3 GB/s)
- 32% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 3730 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 13%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 3032K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 896417 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1062397 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 451911 | 418755 |
| UX | 621314 | 728894 |
| Total score | 3032039 | 3434654 |
| Samples | [85 tests] | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 374.1 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 259.5 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 301.7 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 231.8 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 267.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 37.9 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 86.8 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 10 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 22 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 45.3 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 25 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.94 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 1.22 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 1.65 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.29 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 72.9 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 3653.8 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 17 tests | - |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 4263 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 17850 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 9024 |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-26 (RuL) | AnTuTu 12 | 3308269 |
| π 2026-09-24 (RuL) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 18202 |
| π 2026-09-24 (RuL) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2460 / 7817 |
| π 2026-09-19 (Zimz) | AnTuTu 12 | 3279234 |
| π 2026-09-19 (NAIM KHAN) | AnTuTu 12 | 3115755 |
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| π 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9500s and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.73 GHz β Cortex-X925 3x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2.4 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3730 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th gen | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1612 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 7 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 4952.1 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 36MP | 3x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Apple C2 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7300 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | January 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6991Z/SCZB, MT6991Z/ECZB | APL1Y01 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9500s official site | - |
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