September 15, 2026, 4:25 pm by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social
MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9600 Pro, its newest flagship chip for phones and the company’s first to use TSMC’s new, state-of-the-art 2nm manufacturing process. This follows hot on the heels of Apple’s new A20 Pro chip, which also uses the new 2nm process. (Qualcomm is expected to announce its own 2nm-based flagship chip soon.) New, smaller manufacturing processes than 2nm bring inherent improvements to performance and efficiency. MediaTek says the Dimensity 9600 Pro offers up to 17% higher single-core performance and up to 15% higher multi-core performance compared to the previous generation, with a 61% reduction in multi-core power consumption. On the graphics side, the chip offers up to 27% higher peak performance and 24% less power consumption at peak performance. For AI, the chip delivers 51% higher LLM prefill performance and 55% higher token generation per watt. The chip is also capable of always on AI with 40% less power consumption. A more affordable Dimensity 9600M will also be available. MediaTek says devices using the chips should ship later this quarter.
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