Dimensity 9600M vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9600M (Mali-G1 Ultra MP12) with the older 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 9600M
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score – 4011K vs 1902K
- Higher GPU frequency (~63%)
- Performs 63% better in floating-point computations
- 36% higher CPU clock speed (4210 vs 3100 MHz)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1043247 | 579000 |
| GPU | 1510982 | 543500 |
| Memory | 667254 | 440168 |
| UX | 790449 | 319800 |
| Total score | 4011932 | 1902468 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Compute Score (GPU)
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9600M and Kirin 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro |
1x 3.1 GHz – 2x 2.7 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz – 2x 1.75 GHz – |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 4210 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | - |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th gen | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 1716 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 5271.5 Gigaflops | 3225.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Da Vinci |
| NPU theoretical performance | 100 TOPS | - |
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 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| 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 10700 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6994 | - |
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