MediaTek has a Plus model of its high-end Dimensity 9200 chipset. The Dimensity 9200+ ought to assist MediaTek beat Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
For the primary time in years, MediaTek appears to be enjoying extra within the high-end Android phase once more. With the Dimensity 9000, the corporate was already very profitable final 12 months. The stress on Qualcomm, which has been the flagship king lately, is growing this time a bit of additional. MediaTek desires with the Dimensity 9200+ particularly counterbalance from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
When it comes to {hardware}, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9200+ are neck-and-neck. In each circumstances, the quickest core is ARM’s Cortex-X3 compute core. Qualcomm provides that core a most clock velocity of three.19 GHz, whereas MediaTek will increase the clock speeds to three.35 GHz. The extra energy-efficient Cortex-A715 cores are additionally barely sooner in MediaTek’s chipset – at 3.0 GHz, in comparison with 2.8 GHz at Qualcomm. For the A510 cores, the clock velocity is as a lot as 0.2 GHz decrease than on Qualcomm’s equal, at 1.8 GHz.
A comparability when it comes to GPU efficiency stays troublesome. MediaTek makes use of a design from ARM – the Mali-G17 Immortalis MC11 – whereas Qualcomm makes use of the in-house Adreno 740 gpu. The clock velocity elevated by 17 p.c on the Plus model of the Dimensity 9200, says MediaTek. Nonetheless, a precise clock velocity is just not talked about.
Constructed-in Wifi 7 modem
Like many cellular chipsets, the Dimensity 9200+ additionally features a built-in modem. Particularly, it’s an M80-based mannequin with help for mmWave 5G, Wifi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3.
On the chipset we additionally discover help for 240 Hz refresh on Full HD screens, and 8K video recording. Moreover, the chipset presents help for the most recent reminiscence normal UFS 4.0.
MediaTek versus Qualcomm
It’s unknown whether or not the chipset can deal with the lead that Qualcomm has constructed up lately. When it comes to specs, the chipsets are neck-and-neck, and they’re additionally baked on the identical 4nm course of. Nonetheless, different elements additionally play a task within the efficiency provided, such because the firmware and optimizations that producers implement themselves.
Which producers need to use the high-end chipset, MediaTek leaves within the center. The Taiwanese chip big does report that the chipset will find yourself within the first smartphone this month.
