Dimensity 9500 phones: 5 models compared

What is it?

What is Dimensity 9500 and what does it do?

Dimensity 9500 is MediaTek's flagship chip of 2025; built on TSMC's N3P process, it carries eight cores from Arm's C1 family — one C1-Ultra reaching 4.21 GHz, C1-Premium cores and four C1-Pro. It is an 'all-big' design with no small efficiency cores.

It is in the same class as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 of the same year; the choice between the two mostly follows the maker, OPPO and vivo using Dimensity in some of their models. The full specification is on the chip's own page; the models shipping with it are below.

MediaTek • ProcessorsDimensity 9500MediaTek's 2025 flagship on Arm's new C1 cores: a 4.21 GHz C1-Ultra leading an all-big-core design, the 12-core Mali G1-Ultra GPU and a 100-TOPS NPU on TSMC's N3P process.All specifications

Decision table

Dimensity 9500 Chipset: which one for what?

The 5 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Photo / Video Battery Life Daily Use

Leads for Gaming: Vivo X300 Pro88%

Leads for Photo / Video: Vivo X30088%

Leads for Battery Life: Oppo Find X9 Pro85%

Leads for Daily Use: Xiaomi 17T Pro84%

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Xiaomi 17T ProXiaomi
6.83" · Dimensity 9500 · 50 MP
85% 87% 64% 84%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 144Hz display
- Current model — 4 months on the market
Good for gaming?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Photo / Video
- 115mm telephoto reach
- Current model — 4 months on the market
Is the camera good?
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 4 months on the market
How long does the battery last?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Daily Use
- Current model — 4 months on the market
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Vivo X300 ProVivo
6.78" · Dimensity 9500 · 50 MP
88% 82% 60% 68%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 120Hz display
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Good for gaming?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Photo / Video
- 3.5x optical zoom
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Is the camera good?
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 11 months on the market
How long does the battery last?
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 11 months on the market
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Vivo X300Vivo
6.31" · Dimensity 9500 · 200 MP
76% 88% 55% 76%
Why it ranks here
- 120Hz display
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Good for gaming?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Photo / Video
- 3x optical zoom
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Is the camera good?
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 11 months on the market
How long does the battery last?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Daily Use
- Current model — 11 months on the market
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Oppo Find X9 ProOppo
6.78" · Dimensity 9500 · 50 MP
76% 82% 85% 78%
Why it ranks here
- 120Hz display
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Good for gaming?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Photo / Video
- 3x optical zoom
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Is the camera good?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 7500 mAh battery — top of the pool
- Current model — 11 months on the market
How long does the battery last?
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 11 months on the market
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Oppo Find X9Oppo
6.59" · Dimensity 9500 · 50 MP
69% 82% 81% 66%
Why it ranks here
- 120Hz display
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Good for gaming?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Photo / Video
- 3x optical zoom
- Current model — 11 months on the market
Is the camera good?
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 7025 mAh battery — top of the pool
- Current model — 11 months on the market
How long does the battery last?
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 11 months on the market