Leading chipsets maker, MediaTek today unveiled the Dimensity 9500s and Dimensity 8500 chipsets at the MediaTek Tech Day in Delhi today. These chipsets are designed for the flagship and premium smartphones for delivering outstanding performance, efficiency, AI, imaging, gaming and wireless connectivity. These chipsets are powered by an “All-Big Core” architecture and industry-leading Agentic AI capabilities. During the event, OPPO India and POCO India announced smartphone lineups for the Indian market, based on the flagship MediaTek Dimensity 9500s SoC.
The flagship Dimensity 9500s SoC features an octa-core CPU comprising one Cortex-X925 ultra core clocked at up to 3.73GHz, three Cortex-X4 premium cores and four Cortex-A720 performance cores. It also integrates the Immortalis-G925 GPU, delivering a full-frame, immersive experience for demanding mobile games and supporting advanced ray tracing to meet the performance expectations of gamers. The powerful NPU in the Dimensity 9500s is optimized for generative reasoning and multi-modal models, enabling a more advanced flagship edge camera experience and enhanced content creation capabilities.
Dimensity 9500s features:
- 8K full-focus Dolby Vision HDR recording with real-time 30fps motion tracking via the MediaTek Imagiq ISP.
- Adaptive game technology 3.0 (MAGT 3.0) and frame technology 3.0 (MFRC 3.0) significantly improve energy efficiency, prolonging device battery life.
- 5G Release-17 modem supports 4CC-CA and up to 7Gbps downlink.
- Support for MediaTek 5G UltraSave 4.0 power saving technology.
- AI Network Suite 2.0, designed to enhance network performance in weak connectivity environments
- Support for MediaTek Xtra Range 3.0 technology, extending indoor Wi-Fi coverage, while enabling phone-to-phone Bluetooth direct connections of up to 5 kilometres.
The MediaTek Dimensity 8500 adopts an energy-efficient 4nm process, and the All Big Core CPU architecture includes eight Cortex-A725 cores with a frequency up to 3.4GHz, which further improves performance and energy efficiency. Dimensity 8500 supports accurate scheduling technology and LPDDR5X 9600Mbps memory with higher transmission speed, so users can enjoy smooth and long battery life in daily applications, games and multitasking.
With its fully upgraded computing core and gaming engine, the Dimensity 8500 brings players a refreshing experience with full frame stabilization, rapid loading and high energy efficiency. In addition, Dimensity 8500 also applies ray tracing technology to mainstream mobile games, providing more realistic image quality effects and significantly enhancing the player’s immersion.
Dimensity 8500 features include:
- MediaTek 8th-generation NPU supports global mainstream big language models (LLM/MLLM) and image generation models.
- The integrated Mali-G720 GPU delivers a 25% performance boost over the previous generation.
- Support AI ultra-clear telephoto algorithm.
- Dimensity AI semantic engine, which can intelligently optimize image content frames.
Quotes of the Day:
“With the launch of the MediaTek Dimensity 9500s and Dimensity 8500, we are democratizing the flagship experience. Equipped with All Big Core architectures, agentic AI and flagship imaging capabilities, the chipsets bring next-gen user experience to a wider audience,” said Anuj Sidharth, Director, Marketing and Corporate Communication, MediaTek India and SEA Region.
“Building on the success of the Find X9 series powered by Dimensity 9500, including multiple industry awards received by Find X9 Pro, OPPO will soon introduce Find X9s in India, a new addition to the Find X9 series powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500s. As the entry point into OPPO’s flagship ecosystem, it reflects a refined and balanced approach shaped by our engineering philosophy, with more details to be shared through our official communication,” said Goldee Patnaik, Head of Communications at OPPO India.
