The last few Dimensity hero models saw MediaTek make huge inroads into what’s traditionally been Qualcomm territory, with big performance jumps and impressive power efficiency. Each chipset is packing eight cores, including a single ultra core good for up to 4.21GHz, three premium cores, and four performance cores. MediaTek reckons it’s good for a 32% boost to single core performance and 17% multi-core improvement. Dimensity 9500-powered phones will also be able to create generational AI images in 4K for the first time. The first Dimensity 9500-powered phones are due before the end of the year, with Oppo and Vivo the most likely candidates.