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MediaTek Dimensity 9600M

MediaTek Dimensity 9600M
MediaTek Dimensity 9600M is a SmartPhone Flagship platform from MediaTek. It began to be released in September 2026. The SoC has 8 cores produced using 3 nm technology. And it also has a maximum frequency of 4.21 GHz. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
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Basic

Label Name
MediaTek
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Launch Date
September 2026
System Level Cache (SLC)
10 MB
Manufacturing
TSMC
Model Name
MT6993
Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz Arm C1-Ultra + 3x 3.50 GHz Arm C1-Premium + 4x 2.70 GHz Arm C1-Pro
Cores
8
Technology
3 nm
Frequency
4.21 GHz
Instruction set
Armv9.3-A, AArch64, SME2

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
Max display resolution
WQHD+
Execution units
12
OpenCL version
OpenCL 3.0
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.4

Connectivity

Cellular specific functions
5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active, Dual Data, SA and NSA, SA Option 2, NSA Option 3/3a/3x, NR FR1 TDD+FDD, DSS, 256QAM, VoNR, EPS fallback
Cellular technologies
3GPP Release 17, Sub-6GHz (FR1), 2G-5G multi-mode, 5G-CA, 4G-CA, 5G FDD/TDD, 4G FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM
Downlink functions
Sub-6 DL 5CC 350 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, low-band DL 4x4 MIMO
Download speed
Up to 7.4 Gbps
Modem power saving technologies
MediaTek 5G UltraSave 2.0, Release 17 Power Saving Enhancement
Uplink functions
Sub-6 UL 2CC 200 MHz, Release 17 Enhancement, FDD UL 2x2 MIMO, PC2
4G support
Yes
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0, dual Bluetooth engine, up to 12 Mbps
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), Triple Band Triple Concurrency, up to 7.3 Gbps
Navigation
GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
10667 MT/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
7 MB total (1x 2 MB + 3x 1 MB + 4x 512 KB)
L3 cache
16 MB
Max camera resolution
320 MP
Storage type
UFS 4.1 (4-lane)
Video codecs
HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), VP9, AV1
Video playback
8K at 60 FPS, 10-bit
Video capture
8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 120 FPS with EIS; 4K at 60 FPS cinematic mode
Display refresh rate
180 Hz
AI features
Agentic AI Engine, Gemini Nano 4, Qwen 3.5 Omni 4B, 4K text-to-image generation, AI super zoom, AI composition assistance, AI anti-shake, camera agent
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 990 + ultra-efficient CIM NPU

Geekbench 6

Single Core
2832
Multi Core
7925

FP32 (float)

5272

Compared to Other SoC

77%
77%
92%
Better then 77% SOC over the past year
Better then 77% SOC over the past 3 years
Better then 92% SOC

SiliconCat Rating

23
Ranks 23 among all SOC on our website
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9600 Pro
MediaTek, September 2026
4346
Dimensity 9600M
MediaTek, September 2026
2832
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Qualcomm, October 2021
1069
Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Qualcomm, July 2024
848
Tiger T616
Unisoc, January 2021
453
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M5 iPad
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15421
Dimensity 9600M
MediaTek, September 2026
7925
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Qualcomm, February 2025
2983
Dimensity 6300
MediaTek, April 2024
2178
Tiger T618
Unisoc, August 2019
1465
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9300 Plus
MediaTek, May 2024
6050
Dimensity 9600M
MediaTek, September 2026
5272
Exynos 2100
Samsung, December 2020
1514
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870
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Samsung, March 2022
502