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MediaTek Launches 2 nm Dimensity 9600 Pro Mobile Processor
MediaTek has launched its new flagship Dimensity 9600 Pro chip for smartphones. It is the company’s first mobile processor made using TSMC’s 2 nm N2P manufacturing technology. The chip is among the first models to use Arm’s next-generation CPU and GPU architectures. The main improvements are higher speed, lower power consumption and more powerful on-device artificial intelligence processing.
The CPU in the Dimensity 9600 Pro has a 2+3+3 “All Big Core” configuration. This means the chip has only high-performance cores instead of low-power cores. The processor uses 2 Arm C2-Ultra cores running at 4.55 GHz. It also has 3 C2-Pro cores running at 4.35 GHz. Another 3 C2-Pro cores run at 3.1 GHz. According to MediaTek, the chip is 17% faster than the previous generation in single-core workloads and 15% faster in multi-core workloads. Energy efficiency in single-core workloads has improved by 37%, while the chip reduces power consumption in multi-core workloads by 61%. The L2 cache is 21% larger. The processor also has 16 MB of L3 cache and 10 MB of system cache. The new chip supports the LPDDR5X and LPDDR6 memory standards. The newer LPDDR6 increases data transfer speeds by 33% at the same frequency. The UFS 5.0 storage standard also increases read and write speeds by 2 times compared with the previous generation. The Mali-G2 Ultra NX graphics unit is 27% faster under peak load and consumes 24% less power. Ray-tracing technology, which renders light and shadows more realistically in games, is 18% faster. The frame rate can reach 185 frames per second. The NPU 1090 unit, which handles artificial intelligence computations, is 2 times faster in INT4 computations than the previous NPU 990. The chip’s text-generation performance relative to power consumption has improved by 55%. Initial prompt processing is 51% faster, while overall power consumption has also fallen by 40%. The dual-NPU configuration and Agentic AI Engine run artificial intelligence features directly on the device. This places less strain on the CPU and GPU. The Imagiq 1290 image processor supports 200 MP camera sensors and can connect directly to the NPU. It can record video in 8K format at up to 60 frames per second. The chip also supports slow-motion recording in 4K format at 240 frames per second. Professional color processing is performed at 120 frames per second. It also offers AI color correction, motion recording at 60 frames per second and playback of VVC-format videos. One of the first phones powered by the Dimensity 9600 Pro will be the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max. The smartphone is expected to be unveiled next week. MediaTek has also announced the Dimensity 9600M version for more affordable devices. This version does not have UFS 5.0 and uses Arm C1 cores instead of the new C2 cores. It is not yet known whether a standard Dimensity 9600 model will be released. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip, expected next week, is also said to be switching to TSMC’s same 2 nm N2P manufacturing technology. Apple already uses TSMC’s 2 nm technology in its new iPhone 18 models. MediaTek says in its own data that it is the largest manufacturer in the mobile chip market. Brands that use the company’s chips include Oppo, Xiaomi, Samsung, Motorola and Realme.
The CPU in the Dimensity 9600 Pro has a 2+3+3 “All Big Core” configuration. This means the chip has only high-performance cores instead of low-power cores. The processor uses 2 Arm C2-Ultra cores running at 4.55 GHz. It also has 3 C2-Pro cores running at 4.35 GHz. Another 3 C2-Pro cores run at 3.1 GHz. According to MediaTek, the chip is 17% faster than the previous generation in single-core workloads and 15% faster in multi-core workloads. Energy efficiency in single-core workloads has improved by 37%, while the chip reduces power consumption in multi-core workloads by 61%. The L2 cache is 21% larger. The processor also has 16 MB of L3 cache and 10 MB of system cache. The new chip supports the LPDDR5X and LPDDR6 memory standards. The newer LPDDR6 increases data transfer speeds by 33% at the same frequency. The UFS 5.0 storage standard also increases read and write speeds by 2 times compared with the previous generation. The Mali-G2 Ultra NX graphics unit is 27% faster under peak load and consumes 24% less power. Ray-tracing technology, which renders light and shadows more realistically in games, is 18% faster. The frame rate can reach 185 frames per second. The NPU 1090 unit, which handles artificial intelligence computations, is 2 times faster in INT4 computations than the previous NPU 990. The chip’s text-generation performance relative to power consumption has improved by 55%. Initial prompt processing is 51% faster, while overall power consumption has also fallen by 40%. The dual-NPU configuration and Agentic AI Engine run artificial intelligence features directly on the device. This places less strain on the CPU and GPU. The Imagiq 1290 image processor supports 200 MP camera sensors and can connect directly to the NPU. It can record video in 8K format at up to 60 frames per second. The chip also supports slow-motion recording in 4K format at 240 frames per second. Professional color processing is performed at 120 frames per second. It also offers AI color correction, motion recording at 60 frames per second and playback of VVC-format videos. One of the first phones powered by the Dimensity 9600 Pro will be the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max. The smartphone is expected to be unveiled next week. MediaTek has also announced the Dimensity 9600M version for more affordable devices. This version does not have UFS 5.0 and uses Arm C1 cores instead of the new C2 cores. It is not yet known whether a standard Dimensity 9600 model will be released. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip, expected next week, is also said to be switching to TSMC’s same 2 nm N2P manufacturing technology. Apple already uses TSMC’s 2 nm technology in its new iPhone 18 models. MediaTek says in its own data that it is the largest manufacturer in the mobile chip market. Brands that use the company’s chips include Oppo, Xiaomi, Samsung, Motorola and Realme.