MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Unleashed: 3nm Chip Aims to Outshine Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 & Apple’s A17 in AI, Gaming & Efficiency
Big Cores, Big Performance: All-Big-Core CPU Design MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 is built around a radical all big-core” CPU architecture, meaning all 8 cores are high-performance cores (no traditional little” cores). It features one ultra-core clocked at 4.21 GHz, three premium cores at 3.5 GHz, and four performance cores at 2.7 GHz androidauthority.com. This arrangement, pioneered by the Dimensity 9300 last generation, bucks the industry trend – rivals like Qualcomm still mix in smaller efficiency cores in their designs 9to5google.com. By going all-in on big cores, MediaTek is pushing peak performance to new heights, albeit with careful tuning to manage power