Verdict on the Oppo Find X9 Pro: What’s wrong with the Dimensity 9500 in the Oppo smartphone?

Although the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 is a very powerful and reliable chipset for everyday use, the Find X9 Pro exhibited significant throttling in our tests. In the 3DMark stress tests, we observed a performance drop of up to 80%. While we didn’t notice any limitations in our review, noticeable performance fluctuations cannot be ruled out, especially in demanding applications such as games or graphics-intensive tasks.

But even aside from the SoC throttling, the benchmark results weren’t entirely convincing. While this was a strength of its predecessor, the Find X9 Pro exhibited some weaknesses in the AI ​​tests. The same applies to the measured values ​​of the UFS 4.1 storage, as the write speeds of the Find X9 Pro were particularly weak. This is likely due to the Dimensity 9500’s built-in memory controller rather than the storage hardware itself.

The exact values ​​of the mentioned benchmarks (UL Procyon AI Inference, Geekbench AI, Androbench) and many other tests can be found here.