Dimensity 9500s vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500s (Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12) with the newer 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro (Maleoon 955) 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
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 59%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3032K vs 1902K
- Higher GPU frequency (~54%)
- Performs 54% better in floating-point computations
- 20% higher CPU clock speed (3730 vs 3100 MHz)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 896417 | 579000 |
| GPU | 1062397 | 543500 |
| Memory | 451911 | 440168 |
| UX | 621314 | 319800 |
| Total score | 3032039 | 1902468 |
| Samples | [85 tests] | Less than 3 |
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 | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-03 (Van Viet) | AnTuTu 12 | 2780867 |
| 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 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9500s and Kirin 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.73 GHz β Cortex-X925 3x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2.4 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
1x 3.1 GHz β 2x 2.7 GHz β 4x 2.2 GHz β 2x 1.75 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 3730 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | - |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th gen | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 1612 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 4952.1 Gigaflops | 3225.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU | Da Vinci |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR6 |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 36MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Balong |
| 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, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | January 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6991Z/SCZB, MT6991Z/ECZB | - |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9500s official site | - |
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