Dimensity 9500s vs Tensor G6

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500s (Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12) with the newer 7-core Google Tensor G6 (PowerVR CXTP-48-1536) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
  • Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 57%) AnTuTu 11 score – 3032K vs 1933K
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Tensor G6
  • Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
  • Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 68.2 GB/s)
  • Has 1 more cores
Pros of Google Tensor G6
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (4110 vs 3730 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
3032039
1933536
CPU 896417 876037
GPU 1062397 288736
Memory 451911 304202
UX 621314 464561
Total score 3032039 1933536
Samples [85 tests] [4 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Tensor G6 +1%
2755
Multi-Core Score
8932
7563
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 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
21435
6216
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 3 tests

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Zimz)AnTuTu 123279234
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (NAIM KHAN)AnTuTu 123115755
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Naim)AnTuTu 122872829
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (RuL)AnTuTu 123274318
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Dilshodbek)AnTuTu 112828966
Google Tensor G6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Roni)Geekbench 6 CPU2888 / 7641
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Flxen)Geekbench 6 CPU2755 / 7563

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9500s and Tensor G6

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
1x 4.11 GHz – C1-Ultra
4x 3.38 GHz – C1-Pro
2x 2.65 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 8 7
Frequency 3730 MHz 4110 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.3-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 2 MB -
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 PowerVR CXTP-48-1536
Architecture Valhall 5th gen -
GPU frequency 1612 MHz 1286 MHz
Pipelines 12 6
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS 4952.1 Gigaflops 1975.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 5333 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 85.3 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 36MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - MediaTek M90
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7300 Mbps Up to 12000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.2 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced January 2026 August 2026
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6991Z/SCZB, MT6991Z/ECZB GS601
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 9500s official site -

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