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The week where the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500 will officially be announced by Qualcomm and MediaTek, respectively, has started, and while we talk about their specifications and a multitude of changes in detail, the price tag was a subject left untouched, until now. Apparently, TSMC has not offered a discount to leverage its newer 3nm ‘N3P’ …

HSINCHU, Taiwan – Sept. 22, 2025 – MediaTek, the world’s leading innovator of smartphone SoCs, today announced the launch of its most advanced mobile platform yet: The MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Setting new standards in on-device AI, console-class gaming, and power efficiency, the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 is engineered to super-charge the next wave of flagship 5G smartphones.

MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9500 marks the company’s third-generation “all big-core” SoC. This build takes big leap with gaming performance and AI processing. Internally, the Dimensity 9500 is made up of 8 cores built on Arm’s C1-Ultra, C1-Premium, and C1-Pro processors built on a 3nm process. The “big-core” design was pioneered by the Dimensity 9300, though MediaTek seems to be much …

Both the Oppo Find X9 Pro and Vivo X300 have made recent visits to Geekbench with MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 in tow. That chipset will be rivaled by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which has now also been spotted on Geekbench aboard the upcoming Xiaomi 17 Pro.  The Xiaomi 17 Pro has now surfaced on Geekbench ahead of its debut …

MediaTek has less than three weeks before it officially unveils its flagship smartphone chipset, the Dimensity 9500, and as you can imagine, there will be an influx of data prattling about the SoC’s specifications before the official unveiling. From the information that we have got a hold of so far, thanks to a notable tipster, the Dimensity 9500 will be …

Qualcomm and MediaTek are expected to remain on TSMC’s 3nm process, though both companies have likely transitioned to the slightly improved ‘N3P’ node, which delivers better performance and efficiency over the older ‘N3E’ node. While a transition to the new 2nm technology should result in a chipset price hike, a tipster states that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and …